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Economy
1:43 pm
Fri April 5, 2013

Honda's Growth Helps Tow Ohio Out Of Recession

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Al Kinzer, who was Honda of America's first employee, drives the company's one millionth U.S.-produced car off the assembly line at Honda's assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio, April 8, 1988.
Credit Mike Munden / AP
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (left) and Hide Iwata, president and CEO of Honda of America Manufacturing, unveil a new 2013 Honda Accord at the Marysville Auto Plant on Aug. 20 in Marysville, Ohio.
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Originally published on Fri April 5, 2013 5:04 pm

Honda is moving its North American headquarters from California to Ohio. That's just the latest bit of good news for the Buckeye State and Honda, whose fortunes have been closely tied for decades now.

Honda has been an economic heavyweight here since it was lured to central Ohio in the 1970s. The company's footprint is big, and it continues to increase.

Honda's sprawling Marysville Auto Plant opened outside Columbus in 1982. Since then, it has grown to nearly 4 million square feet and now sits on a campus of 8,000 acres.

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