Honda plans new Ga. plant, expansion of Ala. facility

<p>Honda Motor Co. has plans to build a $100 million auto parts plant in Tallapoosa, Ga., that's expected to create 400 jobs.</p><p>The company also said on Tuesday they Honda be expanding plants in Ohio and Lincoln, Ala., 45 miles from the state line. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Koichi Kondo, president of Honda's American operations, made the announcement in Atlanta.</p><p>The Georgia plant is expected to begin operation in late 2006 and produce some 300,000 automatic transmissions annually, mainly for sport-utility vehicles assembled at Honda's Ohio plant, Kondo said.</p><p>It will initially support production of Honda Odyssey minivans and Pilot SUVs in Lincoln, Ala., 60 miles west of the Tallapoosa plant.</p><p>In Ohio, Honda will invest $100 million and add 100 new jobs to expand Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc. In all, Honda will invest $270 million and create 600 jobs across the three states.</p>