History
Honda Foundry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1963 by Benjiro Honda, the younger brother of Soichiro Honda, and began production as Honda’s piston manufacturer.
With the goal of integrated production of aluminum critical parts that support Honda’s high-performance engine functions, the company’s pursuit of technology has remained unchanged since its founding, with “respect for theory, time, and ingenuity” as the three principles of employee behavior, and it has established its position as a pioneer in aluminum precision mold casting.
We have also been a pioneer in the development and reform of personnel systems to create a rewarding workplace, and have been involved in environmental activities for the local community since the company’s establishment, and our corporate philosophy is “respect for people, pursuit of technology, and contribution to society.
In this way, the advanced technology of aluminum light alloy casting and precision machining and the passion of the company’s founders live on today.
Foundation - 1970s
- Dec. 1963
- Established as Honda Chuzo Co., Ltd. in Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo with capital of 30 million yen.
- Mar. 1964
- Capitalized at 120 million yen.
- Aug.
- Piston production begins
- Sep.
- Capitalized at 180 million yen.
- Dec.
- Moved to 1620 Matoba, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama
- Oct. 1967
- Capitalized at 270 million.
- Aug. 1969
- Company name changed from Honda Chuzo to Honda Foundry.
- Dec. 1970
- Started production of cylinder heads
- Mar. 1971
- Succeeded in casting cylinder heads by mold GDC for the first time in Japan
- Nov.
- Began production of intake manifolds
- Nov. 1973
- Began production of CVCC cylinder heads, intake manifolds, pistons, and torque converters Contributed to practical application of CVCC
- Jan. 1975
- Kitakata Factory Completed
- Nov. 1977
- Production of swash plate pistons begins
- Mar. 1978
- Began production of air-cooled straight-six cylinder heads for large 2-wheeled 422s
1980’s - 1990’s
- Mar. 1980
- Began production of swing arms for large-sized motorcycles. Established the industry’s first one-piece hollow casting technology for large aluminum rear forks.
- Nov.
- Began exporting straight-six cylinder heads to Ford Australia (monthly production of 7,000 units)
Contributed to Ford’s first aluminum cylinder head - Dec.
- Completed test bench for piston function research
- Apr. 1981
- Capitalized at 540 million yen.
- Feb. 1984
- Introduction of CAE for mold design
- Apr. 1988
- Development of a self-melting furnace with continuous molten metal processing equipment
- Feb. 1989
- Installed long elliptical piston processing machine. Succeeded in producing oval pistons for production vehicles.
- May.
- Completion of fully automated piston casting line. Establishment of unmanned 24-hour operation of piston casting.
- 1990
- Production of aluminum sub-frames begins. Succeeded in converting large undercarriage castings to aluminum.
- Jul. 1994
- Celina Aluminum Precision Technology Inc. (CAPT) established in Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Jul.
- Capitalized at 900 million yen.
- Jan. 1995
- ZHF (Zhaoqing Honda Metal Co., Ltd.) was established in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China.
- Jul. 1995
- Capitalized at 1.26 billion yen.
2000 - Today
- Sep. 2000
- Started production of lower block
- Jun. 2001
- ZHFM (Honda Metal (Imitation Tools) Co., Ltd.) established in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China
- Jul. 2001
- HPDC equipment installed
- Sep. 2002
- Began production of lower blocks using HPDC manufacturing method
- Mar. 2003
- HFA (Honda Foundry (Asian) Co.,Ltd.) is established in Thailand.
- Sep. 2003
- Began production of rear knuckles
- Aug. 2005
- Began mass production of pistons using HPDC manufacturing method
- Mar. 2006
- Established HFF (Honda Metal Technology (Foshan) Co.
Formed alliance with Metts Co., Ltd. Become a group company
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