{"id":12908,"date":"2019-05-21T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12908"},"modified":"2019-05-21T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T13:40:15","slug":"honda-aircraft-company-to-expand-its-production-operations-in-greensboro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/honda-aircraft-company-to-expand-its-production-operations-in-greensboro\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Honda Aircraft Company to Expand its Production Operations in Greensboro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A rendering of Honda Aircraft Company’s new 82,000-square-foot production facility in Greensboro, NC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Honda Aircraft Company has announced plans to expand its\nglobal headquarters in Greensboro, NC by investing an additional $15.5 million\nin a new 82,000-square-foot facility on its 133+ acre campus in\nGreensboro.  This will bring the\ncompany’s total capital investment in its North Carolina facilities to more\nthan $245 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheduled to break ground in July 2019, the building will\nhouse a new wing assembly process for the HondaJet Elite, the fastest, farthest\nand highest-flying plane in its class. \nThe new facility will allow for more wings to be assembled concurrently,\nresulting in a major increase in production efficiency. Additionally, this\nexpansion will add more storage for service parts for the growing fleet of\nHondaJets around the globe. The facility is expected to be completed in July\n2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As the HondaJet’s popularity and presence continues to\nincrease around the world, it is necessary for our facility to meet our\nproduction and service needs while operating at the highest level of\nefficiency,” said Michimasa Fujino, president and CEO of Honda Aircraft\nCompany. “We are proud that Honda Aircraft Company is expanding its\nfootprint in North Carolina and in the aviation industry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal, state and local officials offered perspectives on\nwhat the company’s expansion at its Greensboro facilities will mean for the\nregion and the aviation industry.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Honda Aircraft Company is the latest example of a\nmanufacturer enjoying the benefits of doing business in North Carolina and\nexpanding their footprint here,” Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC) said.\n“Their investment in the Triad is a testament to our state’s commitment to\neconomic development and the aerospace industry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority\nKevin Baker stated, “We are thrilled that Honda Aircraft Company will\nexpand its facility here at the airport. This expansion further solidifies the\nTriad’s reputation as the center of the aerospace industry in North Carolina,\nand exemplifies Honda Aircraft’s commitment to the aviation industry, the\nregion and the state.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honda Aircraft Company has announced plans to expand its global headquarters in Greensboro, NC by investing an additional $15.5 million in a new 82,000-square-foot facility on its 133+ acre campus in Greensboro.  This will bring the company’s total capital investment in its North Carolina facilities to more than $245 million. Scheduled to break ground in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oshkosh2011_17edit4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12911,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12908\/revisions\/12911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}