{"id":1004158107,"date":"2016-11-07T01:02:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004158107"},"modified":"2021-05-14T21:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T05:40:36","slug":"honda-invests-53m-in-two-ohio-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/honda-invests-53m-in-two-ohio-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Invests $53M in Two Ohio Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Laura Calugar<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004158113\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Honda10Exterior-edit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004158113\" data-attachment-id=\"1004158113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/honda-invests-53m-in-two-ohio-facilities\/honda10exterior-edit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Honda10Exterior-edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Honda10Exterior edit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Honda10Exterior-edit.jpg?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004158113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Honda10Exterior-edit.jpg\" alt=\"Honda R&amp;D Americas Inc. , Raymond, Ohio \" width=\"271\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Honda10Exterior-edit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Honda10Exterior-edit.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/Honda10Exterior-edit.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004158113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honda R&amp;D Americas Inc., Raymond, Ohio<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Raymond, Ohio<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.honda.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honda<\/a> has announced a $53 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investment<\/a> in Central Ohio. The two new buildings will house information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">technology<\/a> and market quality operations for Honda in North America. The two new facilities will be located in Raymond, near its Marysville headquarters in Union County.<\/p>\n<p>A 38,000-square-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/data-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data center<\/a> will join a similar facility near Denver, Colo., in housing key information technologies for Honda, increasing secure data storage capabilities for the business.<\/p>\n<p>A 98,000-square-foot quality center building will deal with product quality for several Honda organizations, under one roof. The facility will be home to Honda associates, expanding the company&#8217;s capability to study and respond to customer feedback.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004158114\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/HRA_Ooverall3-edit2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004158114\" data-attachment-id=\"1004158114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/honda-invests-53m-in-two-ohio-facilities\/hra_ooverall3-edit2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/HRA_Ooverall3-edit2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HRA_Ooverall3 edit2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/HRA_Ooverall3-edit2.jpg?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004158114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/HRA_Ooverall3-edit2.jpg\" alt=\"Honda R&amp;D Americas Inc. , Raymond, Ohio \" width=\"271\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/HRA_Ooverall3-edit2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/HRA_Ooverall3-edit2.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/HRA_Ooverall3-edit2.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004158114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honda R&amp;D Americas Inc., Raymond, Ohio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The two new facilities are scheduled to open by early 2017. Both of them will be developed near Honda R&amp;D Americas Inc. in Raymond. According to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dayton\/news\/2016\/11\/01\/honda-putting-53m-into-pair-of-new-facilities-in.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dayton Business Journal<\/a><\/em>, the two projects are expected to bring 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dayton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new jobs<\/a>, most in the IT area. Honda worked with local and state government entities on the expansion project, including Union County, Jobs Ohio, Columbus 2020, the Ohio Development Services Agency and the Ohio Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Creating a more efficient and effective way for our associates to respond to our customers is the primary goal of our new regional market quality facility. The global reliance on data from North America has grown year by year and our new data center will help us manage this responsibility,&#8221; said Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America Inc., in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>Honda companies in North America represent a cumulative investment of more than $22 billion and employ more than 40,000 workers. Currently, Honda operates 19 major manufacturing facilities in North America, 13 of them located in Ohio. Since 1982, the company has manufactured over 17 million automobiles in the state.<\/p>\n<p><em>Images courtesy of Honda News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company plans to open data and market quality centers in Raymond, to strengthen North American operations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":1004158113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1585,21755,21782,21783,13,21742,21787],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004158107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columbus","category-data-centers","category-development","category-investment","category-midwest","category-latest","category-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Honda Invests $53M in Two Ohio Facilities - 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