Lincoln Honda plant announces another expansion

The Honda auto plant in Lincoln has announced yet another expansion, this time at a cost of $48.4 million dollars, creating 20 additional jobs at the Talladega county plant.   The Talladega County Commission monday approved sales and use tax abatements for the project which  is related to the production of direct injection engines and Honda's "Earth Dreams Technology," which is designed to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions of the V-6 engines produced at the plant. The plant will begin making its own heads instead of getting them from another Honda facility.  Construction, equipment installation and testing are expected to be complete in 2014. The new  jobs will be in the engine plant.  This expansion is the latest in a string of expansion projects for the 4,000-worker facility. Over the past two years, Honda has spent nearly $400 million and added about 400 jobs. Thus far Honda has invested over $2 billion in the Lincoln facility.