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Honda Motor Company

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Native name
本田技研工業株式会社
Romanized name
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha
Public (K.K.)
Traded as :
HMC
Industry 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 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
Telematics
Revenue Decrease¥14.60 trillion (2016)
Decrease¥503.3 billion (2016)
Decrease¥344.5 billion (2016)
Total assets Decrease¥18.22 trillion (2016)
Total equity Decrease¥6.76 trillion (2016)
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
208,399 (2016)
Divisions Acura
Honda Automobiles
Honda Motorcycles
Subsidiaries
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).


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