Ohio's Bid for Latest Honda PLant

Ohio Governor Bob Taft says the state is pitching two sites for Honda's sixth auto plant in North America. In a trip yesterday to the Cincinnati area, Taft said the state was offering sites in Van Wert, about 100 miles southwest of Toledo, and in Octa, about 45 miles southwest of Columbus. Honda announced last week that it will build a $400 million plant in the Midwest as part of a global expansion.

Officials from both Ohio and Indiana have said the states are in the running for the plant, which will be built by 2008, employ 1,500 workers and produce 200,000 vehicles a year. The Indiana site is near the city of Greensburg, along Interstate 74 about midway between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. Taft says recent tax changes that benefit business could help Ohio.

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