1.
GV PAN EXTERIOR..HONDA FACTORY
0.06

2.
TGV ASSEMBLY LINE
0.11

3.
SV SOICHIRO HONDA AND PARTY TOUR FACTORY
0.15

4.
TV ASSEMBLY SECTION
0.18

5.
SV MEN ASSEMBLE WHEELS
0.21

6.
SV FRAME SECTION HUNG ON CONVEYOR
0.25

7.
SV HANDLEBARS PUT ON
0.29

8.
SV WHEELS PUT ON
0.33

9.
SV PARTY TOUR FACTORY
0.36

10.
LV END OF ASSEMBLY LINE
0.40

11.
SV FINISHED MOTOR IN TEST SECTION
0.45

12.
CU DIALS ON TEST EQUIPMENT
0.48

13.
TGV ROWS OF FINISHED MOTORCYCLE
0.53



Initials JT/V/WS/BB



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Background: JAPAN'S LEADING MOTORCYCLE PRODUCER IS NOW COMPETING DIRECTLY AGAINST EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET RIVALS.MR.SOICHIRO HONDA, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) OPENED AN ASSEMBLY PLANT AT ALOST, BELGIUM.

MORE THAN 10,000 50 C.C.MOPEDS WILL BE PRODUCED EACH MONTH.THEY ARE BEING ASSEMBLED UNDER SPECIAL LICENCE FROM THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT AND AIMED AT THE VAST CONSUMER POPULATION IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE.

THE FACTORY EMPLOYS 200 BELGIANS, ALL TRAINED BY JAPANESE MECHANICS.IT COVERS 4,800 SQUARE METRES AND THERE IS PLENTY OF SURROUNDING SPACE FOR EXPANSION.

THE HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.WAS FOUNDED 14 YEARS AGO.IT HAS GONE FROM SUCCESS TO SUCCESS AND TODAY ITS CAPITAL IS WORTH MORE THAN GBP8 MILLION.SOME 5,500 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN BUILDING MACHINES BOTH FOR PLEASURE AND RACING.THE FIRM HAS SCORED OUTSTANDING VICTORIES IN WORLD RACING CLASSICS, SUCH AS THE ISLE OF MAN TOURIST TROPHY (T.T.) EVENTS.HONDA ALSO PRODUCES CARS AND VANS.