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Construction begins for Honda Aircraft HQ

On June 27, Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new world headquarters a

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

July 31, 2007

On June 27, Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new world headquarters at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C. While most of the officials used the traditional silver shovel to turn over some dirt, Fujino and Tony Copeland, North Carolina assistant secretary of commerce, grabbed the controls of a Honda tiller machine (engine already running) and carved a few furrows.

“When I looked at the grading for the site,” said Fujino, “it was kind of an overwhelming sight for me. It’s an indication of the progress in taking this to the sky. The birthplace of the HondaJet will always be North Carolina, and I’m very proud to say that.”

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