Honda's Cumulative Worldwide Power Equipment Production

Honda Power Equipment business dates back to 1953, based on the original spirit of Honda to utilize technology to help people, when an engine for agricultural equipment was launched with passion to use Honda's engine technologies to reduce the manual labour of farmers.

Since then, Honda has been utilizing its core technology, the engine, to gradually expand its Power Equipment line up which now includes tillers, generators, outboard engines, pumps, lawnmowers, snow blowers and other products. Honda's power equipment plays an essential role in the lives of people around the world as the power to help people in various occasions.

Working toward the realization of a low-carbon society, Honda has been, especially in recent years, proactive in developing products in the areas of energy conservation and creation. As a result, Honda has been increasing the diversity of its power equipment line up which now includes a compact household gas engine cogeneration unit, and a solar power system which adopts CIGS thin-film solar cells*2.

In Japan, Honda Power Equipment products are produced at Kumamoto Factory and Hosoe Plant at Hamamatsu Factory. In regions outside of Japan, Honda Power Equipment products production began in 1984 with the production of lawnmowers in the United States of America. This was closely followed by the opening in 1986 of Honda France Industries, producing walk behind Lawn Mowers, Brushcutters and Generators for the European market. Today the factory can produce over 1,700 units a day and in 2008 celebrated production of its 3 millionth unit.

Today, Honda Power Equipment products are produced at eleven production plants in nine countries and are used regularly by people in more than 150 countries around the world, positioning Power Equipment business as one of the key pillars for Honda's business along with the Motorcycle and Automobile businesses.

Honda will continue its efforts to provide a wide-range of environmentally-responsible, safe and useful products to fulfil the increasingly diversifying needs of customers across the world.

*1 Honda's internal data: Solar cell products are not included in the 100 million units which were determined based on the number of engines produced.
*2 By using non-silicon thin film made from a compound of copper, indium, gallium and selenium (CIGS), Honda solar cells achieved a major reduction in the environmental footprint with the reduction of energy consumed during the manufacturing process. www.honda.com