Honda engines are tough, and building them that way takes talented associates and lots of equipment. That's why Honda has invested more than $1.5 billion at the Anna plant alone. One reason is the vastness of the operations. Aluminum ingots, iron and other raw materials head into separate aluminum and ferrous foundries to start the production process for engine blocks and heads, cam shafts, crank shafts, drive shafts, cylinder sleeves and brakes. The Anna Engine Plant annually supplies more than 1.1 million V-6 and four-cylinder engines for the Honda Accord Sedan and Coupe, Element, Civic, Civic SI, CR-V and Ridgeline, as well as the Acura TL, RDX and CSX. Anna's newest customer will be the Honda Manufacturing of Indiana plant when it opens in 2008.

Location: Anna, Ohio
Started Production: July 1985
Plant Size: 1.74 million square feet
Capital Investment: $1.5 billion
Associates: 2,750

Engines and Parts Produced:

• Four-cylinder engines for the Honda Accord, Civic, Civic Si, Element, CR-V, and Acura RDX and CSX
• V-6 engines for Accord, Acura TL, Acura MDX, and Ridgeline
• Driveshafts, crankshafts, brake components and camshafts

Annual Production Capacity: 1.18 million engines

Operations:

• Cold forging
• Heat treating
• Machining
• Ferrous and aluminum casting
• Assembly (engines, drive shafts)
• Engine testing