Honda Manufacturing of Indiana LLC announced today that it is celebrating a production milestone: the one millionth car built at the plant. The completion of HMIN’s one millionth vehicle comes only six and a half years after production began at the $800 million facility in Greensburg on Oct. 9, 2008.

In addition to manufacturing the Civic, HMIN began production of Acura ILX vehicles in 2012. Acura production was moved to the Marysville, OH, plant earlier this year, but the 65,172 Acuras built at HMIN helped the facility to reach the milestone.

“We have come a long way from where Honda Manufacturing of Indiana started in 2008 to where we are today,” stated Bob Nelson, HMIN president. “Our associates have shown tremendous commitment and dedication to get us to this major milestone and we will continue to work to provide our customers with products of the highest quality. These values and beliefs are at the heart of what makes Honda great.”

Nelson shared that the one millionth vehicle, a Civic, will go to a dealership in Michigan. He said the operation has experienced “rapid growth” over the years with support from the its work force, academic partnerships and cooperation from governors, mayors and the community.

HMIN was Honda’s fourth auto plant in the U.S. and its seventh in North America when it began production in 2008. It currently employs approximately 2,300 workers building Civics primarily for sale in the U.S., with some going to export markets outside North America.

Source: Inside Indiana Business