Honda to close U.S. cycle plant
From Times Wire Services
Honda Motor Co. plans to stop producing motorcycles in the United States next year, ending production at its first U.S. plant.
The Marysville, Ohio, facility opened in 1979 and has 450 employees.
Honda said there would be no layoffs when production, which is being shifted to Japan, ends in spring 2009. The workers will remain with the company, helping produce cars, trucks, engines and parts and filling other jobs at Honda’s operations in west-central Ohio, the company said.
Last year, the plant produced about 44,000 Gold Wing touring and VTX cruiser bikes.
