As an automobile manufacturer, Honda positioned as the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2011 and the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world in 2015. And they are also the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by the per year production volume. From there the story of the automobile maker, HONDA begins.Ĭurrently, Honda is the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer by the end of 2019 since 1959. Then Soichiro Honda sold all the salvageable remains of those plants to Toyota and moved forward to establish another concern Honda Technical Research Institute in October 1946 and later he tied with his friend Takeo Fujisawa. Later in 1944 Soichiro’s Tōkai Seiki’s Yamashita plant destroyed by a US B-29 bomber attack and collapsed another plant in Itawa in January 1945 by the Mikawa earthquake. He also continued aiding other manufacturing companies in the war effort to automate the production system and manufacturing military aircraft propellers, etc. Accordingly, Soichiro placed to senior managing director demoting from the president of the company.ĭespite that, Soichiro continued developing personal relationships with the technical personnel of Toyota, Nakajima Aircraft Company, and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Honda Motor Company Limitedĭuring the Second World War Soichiro’s manufacturing company Tōkai Seiki was taken under the control of the Japanese Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the car company Toyota took a 40% stake in Tōkai Seiki. Then his manufacturing company Tōkai Seiki formed as an establishment and he could adopt automated processes and employ some unskilled labor. Later by 1941, Soichiro Honda was able to produce quality piston rings and those accepted by Toyota. He used to visit the manufacturing factories to understand the secrets of quality manufacturing and quality control processes standardized by Toyota. Then Soichiro returned to deep study and attended engineering school to develop his knowledge. After initial failure and several attempts, he managed a contract to supply piston rings to Toyota but lost that due to the poor quality of his manufactured piston rings. Working besides in the Art Shokai garage Soichiro manufactured some piston rings for Toyota Car Company. In 1937 Soichiro managed some financial support from one of his known persons Kato Shichirō and founded his own workshop Tōkai Seiki (Eastern Sea Precision Machine Company) to manufacture piston rings for motor engines. There he used to tweak car engines to run faster in the motor races. In the earlier life, Soichiro Honda worked as a motor mechanic in the Art Shokai garage in the Tokai region, Japan. Honda is being known as the largest motorcycle manufacturer from the manufacturing year 1959 where they started producing motorcycles in 1955. The company incorporated on 24th September 1948. The Honda Motor Company Limited formed in October 1946 in Japan by the self-learned Japanese engineer and industrialist Soichiro Honda (Novem– August 5, 1991). Further, in the other sectors like marine, aviation, and robotics Honda has a spontaneous presence as a giant corporation. Honda is largely known as the manufacturer of motorcycle, automobile, and power equipment. Honda, therefore, Honda Motor Company Limited is a Japanese multinational company that operating worldwide, badging the giant brand name Honda. HONDA is one of the most popular motorcycle brands in the world as well as in Bangladesh.