No.1-7628
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2016
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 1-07628
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
(Name of registrant)
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
1-1, Minami-Aoyama 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8556, Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Ahmedabad, February 17, 2016 –Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) today inaugurated its fourth manufacturing plant at Vithalapur (Mandal taluk, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat) in India. Honda will manufacture 1.2 million automatic scooters at its new plant. Production on the first line, with an annual production capacity of 600 thousand units, will start today. The second line, featuring an additional 600 thousand units of annual capacity, will start operations in the middle of 2016. With the addition of this new plant, Honda’s total two-wheeler production capacity in India will increase to 5.8 million units by the end of 2016.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA ( HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. ) |
| /s/ Shinji Suzuki |
| Shinji Suzuki |
| General Manager |
| Finance Division |
| Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
Date: February 18, 2016
Honda Inaugurates its Fourth Two-wheeler Plant in India
Ahmedabad, February 17, 2016 –Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) today inaugurated its fourth manufacturing plant at Vithalapur (Mandal taluk, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat) in India.
Annual Production Capacity:
Spread over 250 acres, Honda’s new plant is scheduled to start up in two phases. The first production line, with 600 thousand units of annual production capacity, will begin production today. It will be followed by start-up of the second line, with an additional 600 thousand units of annual production capacity, in the middle of 2016. In total, HMSI will manufacture 1.2 million automatic scooters annually at its fourth plant.
The new plant will increase HMSI’s total annual production capacity to 5.8 million units by the end of 2016 (1.6 million units at first plant (Haryana), 1.2 million units at second plant (Rajasthan), 1.8 million units at third plant (Karnataka) and 1.2 million units at fourth plant (Gujarat)).
Employment & Investment:
HMSI’s fourth plant will employ approximately 3,000 associates and entails a total investment of INR 11 billion.
For details, please refer to the following Honda website:
http://world.honda.com/worldnews/2016/c160217Two-wheeler-Plant-India/index.html