Honda To Invest $218 Million In Anna, Russells Point Plants

Honda says it will invest $98 million at its largest auto engine plant so the Shelby county facility can produce components for a new type of transmission. The engine plant in Anna will make high-tech pulley components for Honda's new continuously variable transmission, or CVT. That's on top of the $120 million Honda will spend to add an assembly line at the transmission plant in Russells Point, near Bellefontaine. The combined investments are expected for create about 150 jobs.