Posted 06/04/2018 11: 45: 03CET
SAO PAULO (BRAZIL), Apr. 6 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Brazilian subsidiary of production and sale of automobiles of the Honda company will start the manufacture of vehicles in its new plant in the city of Itirapina, in the State of Sao Paulo (Brazil), at the beginning of 2019, according to the firm has assured in a release.
The company has announced different plans to restructure its car production operations to “strengthen the base of Honda’s automotive business in Brazil,” following the changes that the automotive business environment in the country experienced “in recent years.”
In this way, the production of vehicles in the company’s current plant, located in the municipality of Sumare (Brazil), will be “progressively” transferred to the new factory, where the start of production has been on hold. For its part, in the old plant will continue production and change its role “key” for the manufacture of engines.
As the firm explains, the market now shows “signs of gradual recovery”, however, Honda recognizes the need to “strengthen its commercial structure based on the current size of the market”, as well as to make a change to a business base ” more sustainable, with an eye on the future. “
Through this restructuring, which the company expects to complete in 2021, Honda will produce through “greater efficiency” and with a “lower environmental footprint”, since its new factory is equipped with the “latest production technologies”.