Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959 and one of the largest car manufacturers. It established its India subsidiary, Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) in 1995 through a joint venture. HCIL operates two manufacturing plants in India and produces various Honda car models including the City, Jazz, Amaze, and Mobilio. The presentation describes HCIL's plant in Kasna, Greater Noida, and provides details on the car manufacturing process from painting to the final check and repair stage. Key equipment used includes tanks, spray nozzles, ovens, and burners.
3. ABOUT HONDA
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation
primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power
equipment.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the
world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume,
producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became
the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth
largest automobile manufacturer in the world behind General Motors, Volkswagen
Group, Toyota, Hyundai Motor Group, Ford, Nissan, and PSA Peugeot Citroën in 2011.
4. Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury
brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda
also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power
generators, and other products. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial
intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO robot in 2000. They have also
ventured into aerospace with the establishment of GE Honda Aero Engines in 2004 and the
Honda HA-420 HondaJet, which began production in 2012. Honda has three joint-ventures
in China (Honda China, Dongfeng Honda, and Guangqi Honda)
5. HISTORY
The history of the Honda Company began with the vision of one man “Soichiro
Honda”. His dream
Throughout his life, Honda's founder, Soichiro Honda had an interest in automobiles.
He worked as a mechanic at the Art Shokai garage, where he tuned cars and entered
them in races. In 1937, with financing from his acquaintance Kato Shichirō, Honda
founded Tōkai Seiki (Eastern Sea Precision Machine Company) to make piston rings
working out of the Art Shokai garage. After initial failures, Tōkai Seiki won a contract to
supply piston rings to Toyota, but lost the contract due to the poor quality of their
products.After attending engineering school without graduating, and visiting factories
around Japan to better understand Toyota's quality control processes, by 1941 Honda
was able to mass-produce piston rings acceptable to Toyota, using an automated
process that could employ even unskilled wartime laborers.
6. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well
as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines
Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese
automobile manufacturer.
Honda is the sixth largest automobile manufacturer in the world.
The company achieved the number one position among all mass production cars
sold in the USA
8. HONDA CARS INDIA LTD.
Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) is a subsidiary of the Honda of Japan for the production, marketing and
export of passenger cars in India. Formerly known as Honda Siel Cars India Ltd, it began operations in
1995[1] as a joint venture between Honda Motor Company and Usha International of Siddharth Shriram
Group.[citation needed] In August, 2012, Honda bought out Usha International's entire 3.16 percent stake
for ₹1.8 billion in the joint venture. The company officially changed its name to Honda Cars India Ltd
(HCIL) and became a 100% subsidiary of Honda.
It operates production facilities at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh and at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan. The
company's total investment in its production facilities in India as of 2010 was over ₹16.2 billion.[3]
9. HCIL's first manufacturing unit at Greater Noida began operations in 1997. Set up at an initial investment
of over ₹4.5 billion, the plant is spread over 150 acres (0.61 km2). The initial capacity of the plant was
30,000 cars per year, which was thereafter increased to 50,000 cars on a two-shift basis. The capacity has
further been enhanced to 100,000 units annually as of 2008. This expansion led to an increase in the
covered area in the plant from 107,000 square metres (1,150,000 sq ft) to over 130,000 m2 (1,400,000 sq
ft).
Honda set up its second plant in India at Tapukara in Alwar District of Rajasthan,[4] spread over 450 acres
(1.8 km2) with an investment of ₹3526 crores.[5] It operates under the ISO 9001 standard for quality
management and ISO 14001 for environment management.[6]
10. MODELS
Models
Honda City (Ballade) — Launched 1998
Honda Accord — Launched 2001
Honda Civic — Launched 2006, production discontinued in 2012
Honda Jazz (Fit) — Launched in 2009
Honda Brio — Launched 2011
Honda CR-V — Imported since 2003; 2013 model locally assembled
Honda Amaze — Launched April 2013
Honda Mobilio — Launched July 2014
Honda BR-V - Launched May 2016
Honda WR-V - Upcoming March 2017
14. PAINTING
Paint process not only enhances the visual appeal of the product but also
increases the longevity of the product by protecting against problems like rusting
etc.
Defects not only spoil the visual appeal of the car but also reduce its protection
against environmental hazards like rust, water leakage etc. In line with the
company’s mission of providing the highest quality products at reasonable prices,
it is of utmost importance to do away with defects.
During the course of the project, existing methods of production were altered
through various quality control tools and kaizens to increase the efficiency and
productivity of the work being carried out at the paint shop.