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03-08-2025
- Automotive
- Auto Blog
Honda's Anna Engine Plant Celebrates 40-Year Milestone
EV vs hybrid vs gas: which pollutes more, which lasts longer, and which costs society the most in hidden health and climate damage? How two of the most popular electric SUVs for 2025 stack up across range, charging, technology, utility, and value. Honda's Anna Engine Plant has built more than 30 million engines Honda's Anna Engine Plant (AEP) celebrated 40 years of building engines and components for both foreign and domestic production on July 22nd. Located a stone's throw from the Village of Anna, the facility has expanded from a mere 200,000 square feet with 94 employees in 1985 to a massive 2.8 million square-foot campus that employs 2,900 people. Since its founding, AEP has built more than 32.5 million engines, as well as miscellaneous powertrain components. Going forward, AEP will play a major role in the automaker's electrified efforts by producing combustion engines, hybrid powertrains, and EV components on the same lines. Honda Anna Engine Plant produces 30-millionth engine — Source: Honda Anna Engine Plant is responsible for several notable engines AEP officially began operating in 1985, with motorcycle engines christening the new production facility. The engine plant expanded to automotive engine production the following year, starting with the Honda Civic's four-cylinder engine. Since then, the facility has produced more than 32.5 million engines, as well as various components for engines and transmissions. Anna Engine Plant associates assemble Honda's Atkinson-cycle hybrid engine — Source: Zac Palmer The 2.8 million square-foot production facility is the result of $2.9 billion in investments over the past forty years. In that time, AEP has produced several notable engines, including the 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that's under the hood of the hybrid Civic, Accord, and CR-V. The engine plant also produces the turbocharged four-cylinder and V6 engines that power the Acura Integra, TLX, and MDX Type S models. AEP even produces the Honda Civic Type R's 315-horsepower 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. From there, the engine is exported to Japan, where the hot hatch is assembled. The facility is also responsible for the 500-horsepower 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 engine that powered the second-gen Acura NSX. Anna Engine Plant will play a crucial role in Honda's EV plans Honda already has a couple of EVs in its lineup, namely the Prologue and Acura ZDX, but the Japanese automaker is gearing up for expansion. In total, the company plans to invest $1 billion to retool its automotive production facilities, including the Marysville Auto Plant, East Liberty Auto Plant, and AEP, as part of the new Honda EV Hub. Once retooling is completed, AEP will add megacasting, friction stir welding, and Minimum Quantity Lubrication machining to its long list of production processes. The engine plant will play a vital role in the Honda EV Hub by producing the battery case used in Honda and Acura EVs. 2025 Honda Prologue Elite — Source: Honda Once EV production begins, the battery case created at AEP will be shipped off to the Marysville Auto Plant. There, it will be combined with the battery module to create the EV battery packs that power vehicles assembled at the Marysville and East Liberty Auto Plants. Notably, the production facilities will continue to produce traditional internal combustion engines and hybrid models alongside their EV counterparts. Honda is doing more than simply equipping their existing production facilities for EV production, though. The company is aiming to rethink the production process entirely, with a focus on worker-friendly practices, environmental responsibility, and efficiency. Once completed, the Honda EV Hub will produce the Acura RSX EV and other models from the Honda 0 Series that debuted at CES 2025. 2024 Acura ZDX Type S — Source: Acura 'We're not just retooling for electric vehicles,' Tim Stroh, Senior Program Manager of Production Engineering and Battery Case Project Leader at AEP, told Peak of Ohio. 'We are fundamentally rethinking how we approach production. The new layout is designed to be more human-friendly, with updated workspaces and processes that improve safety and efficiency. The addition of electric vehicle production capabilities requires not only new machinery but also a re-imagining of how we work together on the assembly line.' Honda has been operating in Ohio since 1979 While the Anna Engine Plant is celebrating 40 years, it wasn't the automaker's first manufacturing facility in Ohio. Honda's Marysville Auto Plant started out building motorcycles in 1979 before moving to automobile production in 1982. Today, Honda has five manufacturing facilities and is the largest employer in Ohio, with more than 12,000 employees on record. Source: Acura In addition to its five existing facilities, Honda is also establishing a new EV Hub to support the automaker's electrified efforts. Honda also plans to invest another $3.5 billion in a new EV battery plant in Fayette County, Ohio, as part of its joint venture with LG Energy Solution. 'Everything that Honda has accomplished at the Anna Engine Plant during the past 40 years has been achieved through the skills and commitment of our associates, and this will continue as we pursue an expanded form of flexible manufacturing in the future,' said Michael Tinch, AEP plant lead. 'As we maximize production of ICE and hybrid models, even while preparing for the future of EV production, I know our associates will continue to produce high-quality products that meet the needs of our customers.' 2023 Honda Civic Hatchback — Source: Joseph Pudlewski Final thoughts As an Anna local, I'm grateful to have the Honda engine plant in our area. It's definitely a unique part of the view from my front porch. On a more serious note, their involvement in the community, schools, and events can't be understated. With the automaker investing further into the plant's future, electrified or otherwise, I have little doubt that it will change anytime soon. About the Author Joseph Pudlewski View Profile
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21-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Honda Celebrates 40 Years of Production at Anna Engine Plant in Ohio
Largest Honda auto engine plant in the world built its first engine on July 22, 1985 and has expanded more than tenfold in size since then with investments totaling $2.9 billion Anna has built more than 32.5 million engines during the last four decades Flexible manufacturing methods enable Anna to support production of ICE, hybrid and EV models Switch Auto Insurance and Save Today! Great Rates and Award-Winning Service Affordable Auto Insurance, Customized for You The Insurance Savings You Expect ANNA, Ohio, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Honda will mark the 40th anniversary of the Anna Engine Plant (AEP) on Tuesday, July 22, celebrating the largest Honda auto engine plant in the world. Now a key part of the Honda EV Hub, AEP is one of three production facilities in Ohio that are advancing the concept of flexible manufacturing, using domestic and globally made parts to produce internal combustion engines (ICE), hybrid powertrains and all-electric motors on the same production lines. AEP has built more than 32.5 million engines, including for automobiles and powersports products, as well as a variety of powertrain components for engines and transmissions since it began production of motorcycle engines on July 22, 1985. Production of auto engines began in 1986 with a 4-cylinder powerplant for the Honda Civic. AEP currently produces a range of V6 and inline 4-cylinder engines, including 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0-liter turbo engines. The production history of AEP also includes a great variety of engines for performance vehicles and highly fuel-efficient hybrid-electric models. Notable power units include: 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine that powers the Honda hybrid-electric models, including the Accord, CR-V and Civic hybrids 190-horsepower 1.5-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that powers Honda Civic, Accord, CR-V and Acura Integra and ADX 315 hp 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine for the Civic Type R, which is exported to Japan where the vehicle is assembled 320 hp 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that powers the Acura Integra Type S 355 hp 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 engine that powers Acura TLX and MDX Type S models 500 hp 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 engine that powered the second-generation Acura NSX "Everything that Honda has accomplished at the Anna Engine Plant during the past 40 years has been achieved through the skills and commitment of our associates and this will continue as we pursue an expanded form of flexible manufacturing in the future," said Michael Tinch, plant lead of Anna Engine Plant. "As we maximize production of ICE and hybrid models, even while preparing for the future of EV production, I know our associates will continue to produce high quality products that meet the needs of our customers." Established in 1985 as a modest 200,000 square-foot facility with 94 production associates, AEP has evolved through a series of investments totaling $2.9 billion into a sprawling facility of over 2.8 million square feet, employing 2,900 associates. Production operations range from ferrous casting, high-pressure die-casting and machining to heat treating and assembly, solidifying AEP's reputation as one of the industry's most comprehensive and interconnected powertrain facilities. AEP produces a variety of components, including cylinder sleeves and heads, camshafts and crankshafts for Honda engines, as well as the high-precision pulleys used in the continuously variable transmission (CVT) produced at the nearby Honda Transmission in Ohio also using domestic and globally made parts. Demonstrating the plant's adaptability and flexibility, AEP is now playing a major role in Honda's electrified future, even as it continues to produce a range of ICE engines to support customer demand. As part of the Honda EV Hub, and as a first within global Honda, AEP has added three new processes to produce the aluminum EV battery case, including: megacasting, friction stir welding (FSW) and Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) machining. When EV production begins in 2026, the EV battery case megacast at AEP will go to the Marysville Auto Plant, where it will be combined with the battery module to create the EV battery pack that will power the Honda and Acura EVs made at both the Marysville and East Liberty Auto Plants. Honda Manufacturing in OhioHonda has produced automobiles in Ohio for over 40 years, beginning in November 1982 with the start of automobile production at the Marysville Auto Plant, and today is the largest employer in the state. Honda established U.S. manufacturing operations in Marysville in 1979 with the start of motorcycle production. Today, over 12,000 associates support Honda manufacturing in Ohio, with five plants that represent a total capital investment of $13 billion and the capacity to produce 460,000 Honda and Acura automobiles, 1.18 million automobile engines, and over 1 million automobile transmissions and two-motor hybrid systems, using domestic and globally made parts. The company's five Ohio manufacturing facilities include three auto plants, the Marysville Auto Plant, East Liberty Auto Plant and Performance Manufacturing Center, as well as the Anna Engine Plant and transmission plant in Russells Point. The company has invested more than $1.4 billion in these facilities over the past six years, continually modernizing equipment and adopting new technologies to advance quality and efficiency for Honda and Acura customers here and around the world. Now, Honda is establishing a new EV Hub for the start of EV production in the U.S. including an investment of over $1 billion to re-tool its existing auto and powertrain plants in Ohio for production of electric vehicles, as well as $3.5 billion with LG Energy Solution to establish a joint venture EV battery plant in Fayette County, Ohio. Learn more at Learn more with the Honda Digital FactBook. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Honda Sign in to access your portfolio
