A Shared History of Growth.

Shortly after the Honda company was founded, as the demand for parts, storage, and transportation grew, two independent logistics companies were established to serve these needs – Honda Express and Komyo, Co. Over the next four decades, as Honda expanded overseas to become a global brand, Honda Express and Komyo expanded as well, consistently striving to modernize logistics and improve processes for Honda in Japan and beyond.

In 2006, with multiple subsidiary companies in North America and around the world, Honda Express and Komyo merged to become Honda Logistics International (HLI). And in central Ohio, a place that’s been dedicated to Honda manufacturing since the first Accord rolled off the assembly line in 1982, we became Honda Logistics North America (HLNA).

At HLNA, we are dedicated to providing centralized services and direction for our region, as well as world-class automotive logistics services for Honda. We are proud of our history and consistently looking toward the future—we hope you’ll join us.
  • 1940’s–1950’s
  • 1960’s
  • 1970’s
  • 1980’s
  • 1990’s
  • 2000’s
  • 2010's
Begin Journey
1940’s–1950’s

1948
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is established co-founders Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa

1960’s

1960
Honda Express founded as independent
transportation company for Honda

1960-61
Komyo, Co. founded by Sachi Honda as storage and
transportation company to better serve Honda
customers

1963
Honda begins automobile production

1967
Komyo begins railway transportation

1968
Honda Express launches two car-carrying ships for
overseas transportation

1969
Honda begins manufacturing cars overseas; Honda
Express begins air transport services to shorten
delivery time of parts

1970’s

1970
Komyo and Honda Express expand with an eye
toward the future and a focus on improving working
conditions, employee benefits, and more

1973
Global oil crisis and cost of raw materials leads
Komyo to develop new steelcase shipping containers

1979
Honda opens motorcycle plant in Marysville, Ohio

1980’s

1980s
Honda transfers tire assembly production to Honda
Express, advancing the company from a transport
company to a part of the automobile production process

1980s
Honda Express establishes multiple logistics group
companies across Japan

1982
Automobile production begins at Honda plant in
Marysville, Ohio

1986
Honda Express establishes first overseas logistics subsidiaries, Midwest Express and Clark Trucking, in East Liberty, Ohio.

1988
Simcoe Parts Service begins operations in Alliston, Ontario.

1990’s

1990s
Komyo and Honda Express continue to expand
overseas logistics manufacturing.

1994
South East Express begins operations in Timmonsville, South Carolina.

1998
Honda Express starts overseas tire assembly in U.S.
and Canada.

1999
One World Logistics begins operations in East Liberty, Ohio.

2000’s

2000s
Honda Express and Komyo develop new digital and IT
technologies to advance logistics around the world

2000
New South Express begins operations in Lincoln, Alabama.

2002
Komyo America begins operations in Torrance, California.

2006
Honda Express and Komyo merge to form Honda
Logistics International, integrating and centralizing
logistics operations for Honda

2005
Great Lakes Assemblies established.

2007
One Solution Logistics of Indiana begins operation in Greensburg, Indiana.

2007
Gulf Shore Assemblies is established

2008
Indiana Assemblies is established

2010's

2013
Promex Logistics begins operations in Celaya, Mexico.

2014
Honda Logistics North America is formed

2017
Clark Trucking is consolidated with One World Logistics of America

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