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Honda, GM Partnership Produces Hand Sanitizer for Use by Employees and for Health Care Facilities

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June 22, 2020 — MARYSVILLE, Ohio

As part of an industry-wide effort to help alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, #honda and General Motors (GM) are producing nearly 12,000 gallons of hand sanitizer through their Fuel Cell System Manufacturing (FCSM) #partnership. The hand sanitizer will be used by both companies at their facilities throughout the region and #honda is donating 3,750 bottles to health care facilities in Ohio and Michigan this week.

The hand sanitizer is being made at the Brownstown, Michigan facility where the FCSM team has been working on the development of fuel-cell fuel stacks for the next generation of hydrogen-powered cars. Using an apparatus designed to manufacture the electrodes used in the fuel cells, the team developed a process to re-purpose the equipment to produce a hand sanitizer that would allow employees and health care professionals to work more safely.

Honda will donate nearly 75 percent of its allocation of the hand sanitizer, packaging the product in easy-to-use nine-ounce bottles for health care facilities. On Monday, June 22, #honda made the first such donation of 1,250 bottles each to ProMedica Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, Memorial Health in Marysville, Ohio, and the DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, Mich.

“It is inspiring to see how the #automotive industry continues to find new and innovative ways to help society during this crisis,” said Cathy McEvilly, senior vice president & general counsel of #honda North America, Inc. “The commitment shown by #honda associates and their counterparts at GM is a source of pride to us and we are happy to provide something to help the brave health care professionals fighting this pandemic every day.”

Packaging Corporation of America donated the packaging needed to ship the product, and the FCSM team worked with other companies to handle the bottling. In addition to donating hand sanitizer to health care facilities, #honda will provide 1,500 gallons of the product for use in its manufacturing plants, as part of the effort to provide a clean and safe environment for its associates.

About #honda in North America

Honda established operations in America in 1959 and today employs more than 40,000 associates in the development, manufacturing, and sales of #honda and Acura automobiles, #honda power equipment #honda powersports products, the HondaJet advanced light jet and GE #honda HF120 turbofan engines.

Based on its longstanding commitment to "build products close to the customer," #honda operates 19 major manufacturing facilities in North America, working with more than 700 suppliers in the region to produce a diverse range of products for customers locally and globally. In 2019, more than 90 percent of the #honda and Acura automobiles sold in the U.S. were produced in North America, using domestic and globally sourced parts.

Honda also operates 14 major research and development centers in the U.S. with the capacity to fully design, develop and engineer many of the products #honda produces in North America.

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