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Introduction
Soichiro Honda (November 17, 1906 – August 5, 1991), was born in Shizuoka, Japan Iwata County Guangming village (later renamed Dragon City, is now the Denon region Hamamatsu), the Japanese industrialist, the world’s leading entrepreneurs. The founder of Honda Motor, Japan’s Honda Motor Co. founder, HONDA founder of the brand.
Soichiro Honda is the second Henry Ford (Henry Ford), the world’s second won the American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded the Medal of Automotive Engineers Holly.
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Personal experience
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grassroots apprentice
in 1906, Soichiro Honda was born in Iwata, Shizuoka County Guangming village blacksmith Honda meter level at home, as the eldest son. In 1922, after graduating from elementary school higher, into the soup Island Hongo district of Tokyo auto repair shop.
Soichiro Honda came from poor families, early age of mechanical showed a special preference. After the higher primary school, 16-year-old father in spite of his firm opposition, decided to come to Tokyo a car repair shop as an apprentice. After six years of apprenticeship, he returned home in Hamamatsu City, opened a car repair shop, called “Technical Chamber of Hamamatsu branch.” However, far-sighted Soichiro Honda repair shop business is booming at the moment decided to close the garage, ready to engage in more creative manufacturing.
first venture
In 1934, Soichiro Honda created the “Tokai Seiki.” In 1937, as general manager of the East China Sea Seiki Kogyo Co., Ltd.. Set up in Hamamatsu Yamashita-cho Institute, the research and development piston device, and enter the Hamamatsu Industrial Machinery Division of Higher Learning Metallurgy in 1937.
In 1944, Soichiro Honda successfully developed the “propeller automatic cutting machine”, will greatly enhance the cutting efficiency, a propeller so that the processing time was reduced from one week to 15 minutes. His invention has made 40 technology patents. However, there are unexpected fate the following year, due to the earthquake three rivers, resulting in Tokai Seiki Heavy Industry Hamamatsu factory bankruptcy. Honda will be held Tokai Seiki Heavy Industries stock transfer all Toyota textile machine company, announced he was leaving the company, began a year of rest.
second start
in October 1946, in Hamamatsu Soichiro Honda set up a “Honda Technical Research Institute”, the main research directions is the production of textile machinery, which is a major turning point in his life journey. According to the time of life after the end of World War II transport case, Soichiro Honda developed into a new “bike”, and widely welcomed by the market. In 1947, Soichiro Honda hands successfully developed a 50 ml cylinder “A motor bikes”, this is the beginning of the first “Honda motorcycle engine,” Honda is also a Type A motorcycle mass production. His success attracted people’s attention, many people are in imitation Honda-style “motor bike.” To gain a firm foothold in the field of motorcycles, Soichiro Honda decided to produce motorcycles in the true sense. September 1948, he set up in Hamamatsu Honda Motor Co., as chairman. In the same year began research and development of motorcycles.
founder of Honda Motor
He must know the strategy to diversify the product line, in order to fierce market competition and remain invincible. After the success of motorcycle business, Soichiro Honda in 1962 began to get involved in car production. They use in motorcycle development, management obtained extensive experience and a lot of money, desperate to put into vehicle development, the result was a great success: it has launched the “T360 “trucks,” S500 “car,” N360 “cars and other automotive products,” N360 “had become the world’s best-selling sedan car; design and development of the CVCC engine and automotive installation of this engine, because the effect of the sewage control good and in 1975 caused a sensation in the world automotive industry, the company has won innumerable lofty profits and business reputation.
international fame
in 1961, Soichiro Honda with the British defeat in the tournament held in long-term monopoly position in the future of the British motorcycle and win the game often determined its position in the international motorcycle market. later, he marked the world’s highest level by a car class Formula one contest winning ways, lay out their own position in this field.
way to triumph
Soichiro Honda as a technician-turned-industrialist, not only has a very strong creative enthusiasm and ability, but also a distinctive extraordinary foresight and spirit of adventure. he personally presided over the development of the twin 98 ml in September 1948, 1. 7 kilowatts (2.3 hp) of “D-type” engine, as the basis for the launch of the “Honda – Dream D-type” motorcycle in 1951 and presided over the development of better performance four-stroke “E-type” engine and “Honda. – dream E-type “two motorcycle motorcycle sales have been successful, the company won a profit
compared to its insight in technology development and management both more adept at technology. develop, so he took the initiative to contact Takeo Fujisawa. when Takeo Fujisawa joined in October 1949 as a managing director of Honda, Soichiro Honda, the company’s entire operations will be safely handed over real power Takeo Fujisawa, himself only immersed in technology development, and constantly come up with advanced technology but marketable products. They decades of development cooperation and expansion of Honda, making it the world’s reputed multinational corporations.
1952 Soichiro Honda 450 million yen worth of production equipment imported from the United States, Germany, Switzerland and other places. Because of advanced processing equipment, in addition to the combined effects of many other factors, Honda has maintained a high-quality product Cheong Sales, in the fierce competition in the market firm footing in the fierce market competition, theTian has maintained a character winner.
died
August 5, 1991, Soichiro Honda due to liver failure, died in Tokyo Juntendo hospital at the age of 84 years and 8 months. Being awarded three first-hoon sun large cordon.
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Achievement honor
[123 ] September 1948, Soichiro Honda officially established the “Honda technology Research industry Corporation” and himself as president, from the prelude to the great development of Honda.
In 1980, Soichiro Honda was awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded Holly Award, becoming the after following the “car king” Henry Ford, the second person to receive this award in history.
In 1989, became the first Japanese to enter the US Automotive Hall of Fame.
470 invention has Soichiro Honda and 150 patents. The creation of a “HONDA (Honda)” brand, the industry was hailed as a modern “since Henry Ford’s only the most prominent of the most successful mechanical engineering entrepreneurs”, Matsushita and Panasonic, Sony, Akio Morita, Kazuo Inamori Kyocera and became Japan operates four holy. Another world is called “Japan’s Ford.”
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Social evaluation
Soichiro Honda and Matsushita Panasonic, Sony, Akio Morita, Kazuo Inamori Kyocera and became Japan operates four holy. He (Soichiro Honda) was not considered “impossible” in the name of anything. In order to overcome the difficulties of his lack of supplies during the war, he was in a corner of their own factory-made cement and lime. He never consider trading gains and losses, were not stopped his innovation and invention, single-handedly created a world-renowned brand Honda!