Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has developed the world's first* mass-production automobile assembly line with a main line that incorporates a flowing cell production system.

Honda has named this original assembly line the ARC* Line and introduced it to Honda's new Prachinburi Plant in Thailand that became operational in March 2016. The plant is part of Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (HATC), Honda's automobile production and sales subsidiary in Thailand, and is located within the Rojana Industrial Park in Prachinburi Province.

The newly-developed ARC Line is a world's first innovative and unique assembly line that is different from a conventional line production system and was developed by incorporating flowing cell production-style production units in the main line.

In production on a conventional line, which has been broadly adopted for automobile production to date, each production associate takes charge of a single process and installs parts to vehicle bodies flowing on a conveyor. In cell production, on the other hand, one production associate takes charge of a broader range of production processes and installs multiple parts.

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