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HPD QUICK FACTS
Established: April 1, 1993
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Employees: 125 |
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BACKGROUND: Honda Performance Development (HPD), a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., is the technical operations center for Honda's high-performance racing engines. HPD also coordinates Honda's participation in the IndyCar Series Racing.
FACILITY: HPD operates out of a 123,000-square-foot building in Santa Clarita, California and opened in late January 2005. The two-story structure houses comprehensive engine Research & Development operations, including engine design; development engineering; prototype and production parts manufacturing; race engine preparation and rebuilding; material analysis facilities; quality control inspection areas; five engine dynamometer test cells; machine shop; electronics lab; parts center; multiple meeting/conference rooms; and administrative offices.
KEY PERSONNEL: Erik Berkman, President
Jack Spurney, General Manager
Stephen Eriksen, Technical Director
Roger Griffiths, Manager, Development Division
Daisuke Horiuchi, Chief Engineer
Marc Sours, Manager, Production Division
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