Honda

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Headquarters
Native name	本田技研工業株式会社
Romanized name	Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha
Type	Public (K.K.)
Traded as	: : HMC
Industry	Automotive Aviation Telematics Conglomerate
Founded	Hamamatsu, Japan (October 1946 (1946-10), incorporated 24 September 1948; 68 years ago (1948-09-24))
Founder	Soichiro Honda Takeo Fujisawa
Headquarters	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Fumihiko Ike (Chairman) Takahiro Hachigo (President and CEO)
Products	4,110,000 vehicles (2012) Automobiles Commercial Vehicles Luxury vehicles Motorcycles Scooters Electric generators Water pumps Lawn and garden equipments Tillers Outboard motors Robotics Jet aircraft Jet engines Thin-film solar cells Internavi
Revenue	¥11.85 trillion (2014) USD 119 billion (2014)
Operating income	¥750 billion (2014)
Net income	¥574 billion (2014) $5.75 billion (2014)
Total assets	¥11.780 trillion (2012)
Total equity	¥4.402 trillion (2012)
Owner	Japan Trustee Services Bank (Trust) (6.46%) The Master Trust Bank of Japan (Trust) (4.71%) Mokusurei (3.09%) Meiji Yasuda Life (2.83%) Tokio Marine Nichido (2.35%) (3月年2014 currently)
Number of employees	198,561 (2014)
Divisions	Acura Honda Automobiles Honda Motorcycles
Subsidiaries	List Transportation American Honda Motor Company Acura Honda Aircraft Company HPD Honda Automobile (China) Company(50%) Guangqi Honda Automobile(50%) Li Nian (Everus) Honda Seil Cars India Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Dongfeng Honda(50%) Honda Spain Montesa Air Transportation Honda Airways Sports Honda Racing F1 Honda Racing Engines GE Honda Aero Engines(50%) International Honda Pakistan Honda Canada Inc. Honda Taiwan Honda UK ltd.
Website	world.honda.com

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (本田技研工業株式会社, Honda Giken Kōgyō KK^?, IPA: [hoɴda]; /ˈhɒndə/) is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world behind General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Toyota, Hyundai Motor Group, Ford, Nissan, and PSA Peugeot Citroën in 2011.

Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, and other products. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO robot in 2000. They have also ventured into aerospace with the establishment of GE Honda Aero Engines in 2004 and the Honda HA-420 HondaJet, which began production in 2012. Honda has three joint-ventures in China (Honda China, Dongfeng Honda, and Guangqi Honda).