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Honda begins operation of 1st wind farm by an automaker in Brazil; covering electricity needs for annual local auto production

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Honda Energy do Brasil Ltda. Honda Energy), Honda’s wind power generation business subsidiary in Brazil, has begun operation of its wind power generation facility. Honda thereby the first automaker in Brazil to start a wind power generation business.

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Honda to build wind farm to cover 100% of electricity needs of Brazil plant

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Honda Automoveis do Brasil Ltda. HAB), the Honda automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, will build a wind farm in the city of Xangri-lá in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil—approximately 1,000 km (621 miles) south of HAB’s automobile production plant in Sumaré, São Paulo.

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Honda begins construction of the first wind farm by an automaker in Brazil

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Honda Energy do Brasil Ltda. Honda Energy), Honda’s wind power generation business subsidiary in Brazil, has started construction of a new wind farm in the city of Xangri-lá in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil (approximately 1,000 km south of Honda’s current automobile production plant in Sumaré, São Paulo).

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Honda begins building new automobile production plant in Brazil; starting with new Fit in 2 years

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Honda Automóveis do Brasil Ltda. HAB), the Honda automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, has begun construction of its new automobile production plant in the city of Itirapina in the state of São Paulo (approximately 200 km (124 miles) northwest of the city of São Paulo).

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Honda to build new automobile production plant in Brazil doubling annual production capacity to 240,000 units in 2015

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Honda Automóveis do Brasil Ltda. HAB), the Honda automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, plans to build a new automobile production plant with annual production capacity of 120,000 units.

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ArcelorMittal Vega in Brazil strengthens automotive steel portfolio

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ArcelorMittal Vega in Brazil has completed a US$10-million investment to install a new post-treatment technology on its galvanizing line #1. ArcelorMittal Vega supplies its steels to the leading vehicle manufacturers, including Honda, Renault-Nissan, Fiat, General Motors, PSA, as well as steels that are used in some parts of Daimler’s trucks.

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Honda Begins Sales of Flex Fuel Motorcycle CG150 TITAN MIX in Brazil

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Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda.(HDA), HDA), a Honda subsidiary in Brazil responsible for production and sales of motorcycles and power products, will begin sales in Brazil of the flex fuel CG150 TITAN MIX in mid-March 2009. Industry-wide new motorcycle registrations in Brazil reached approximately 1.91

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