Besides Civics, vehicles built there included the Element in 2002 — the first light-truck model made by a Honda plant in North America on the same assembly line with passenger cars. The Honda CR-V sport-utility vehicle followed Element in 2006.
Today, Honda operates nine manufacturing facilities in the United States that produce automobiles, all-terrain vehicles, engines and power equipment products.
Honda has nearly 15,000 employees in Ohio manufacturing plants and other facilities. The American Honda Motor Co. has a distribution center in Troy, off South Stanfield Road, with about 340 employees.
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