Honda will close UK, Turkey plants in restructuring move

The closure of Honda’s Swindon plant was timed to the end of the end of the current Civic’s lifecycle, the automaker said. (Reuters)

February 19, 2019 09:03 AM

TOKYO – Honda will shutter assembly plants in England and Turkey by 2021 as the automaker pushes toward electrification and confronts changing trends in trade relations.

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