Honda Motor Company, Ltd. (本田技研工業株式会社 ,Honda Giken Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha?, Honda Technology Research Institute Company, Limited)  listen (help·info) (TYO: 7267 NYSE: HMC) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.
The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooters, robots, jets and jet engines, ATV, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies. Honda's line of luxury cars are branded Acura in North America and Ben Tian in China. More recently they have ventured into mountain bikes.
Honda is the 6th largest automobile manufacturer in the world as well as the largest engine-maker in the world, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. In August 2008, Honda surpassed Chrysler as the 4th largest automobile manufacturer in the United States. Currently, Honda is the second largest manufacturer in Japan behind Toyota and ahead of Nissan.[3]
Honda Motor Company, Ltd.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha
本田技研工業株式会社
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| Type |
Public
(TYO: 7267) & (NYSE: HMC) |
| Founded |
September 24, 1948 |
| Founder(s) |
Soichiro Honda |
| Headquarters |
 Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served |
Worldwide |
| Key people |
Soichiro Honda (Founder)
Takeo Fujisawa (Managing Director)
Satoshi Aoki (Chairman)
Takeo Fukui (CEO)
Takanobu Ito (CEO June 2009) |
| Industry |
Automobile
Truck manufacturer
Motorcycle |
| Products |
automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, ATVs, electrical generators, robotics, marine equipment, jets, jet engines, and lawn and garden equipment. Honda and Acura brands. |
| Revenue |
▲ US$ 119.801 Billion (2008)[1] |
| Operating income |
▲ US$ 9.513 Billion (2008)[1] |
| Net income |
▲ US$ 5.989 Billion (2008)[1] |
| Total assets |
▲ US$ 125.916 Billion(2008)[1] |
| Total equity |
▲ US$ 45.356 Billion (2008)[1] |
| Employees |
167,231 (Sep 2008)[2] |
| Website |
Honda.com |
Source: Wikipedia |
