Honda History: It's Steps Into the World (1946) [Part 1]

ah in 1946 when dear after her defeat Mississippi's war Japan was suffering from severe inflation and food shortages and not only food but also clothing and shelter were in short supply if the people of Japan were earnestly fighting their way back the long-awaited peace in October of that same year our founder Soichiro Honda founded the Honda Technical Research Institute amongst the burned-out ruins of Yamashita chou-heung lots of sitting here--he and a dozen or so employees busied themselves in the study of internal combustion engines and machinery soichiro honda who was more apt to be called father than president was born in 1906 he was the first son of a blacksmith in Kumamoto Yatta Geun Bing Shizuka Prefecture he possessed a great curiosity for new things and an entire intention for the creation of innovative ideas so shows exceptional personality was already manifest during his great school days and here is one episode from those days when he was a second or third grader an automobile arrived in his village for the very first time he was so fascinated by the sound of the engine and the smell of the exhaust fumes that he called over the ground with a carbon part smell the oil stain left behind he scooped up the soil and held it close to his face as if he tried to breathe the latest technology of the time after graduating from higher elementary school soichiro realized that the automobile would lead the next era and so he took himself to Tokyo where he worked for a company called art and company an auto repair shop in which there were still very fear in those days when you had acquired adequate advanced skills you open an auto repair shop in hum lots of City under the name of the hammam Otsu branch of art and company Soichiro Fonda was just 22 years of age the auto repair business was soon running on the right track and soy tada then founded the Tokai safety company to produce piston rapes aim to make new developments in this field however the going was not easy as he lacked in the required skills and knowledge of passing after a period of trials and errors Sojo entered the home lots of professional school of technology he mastered the basics that he sought while at the same time studying as an auditor together these studies enabled him to mass-produce piston rings during World War two his works produce piston rings day and night by August 1945 the war was over so total Honda disengaged himself from piston ring production and looked about course next Enterprise closely examining society in its post-war lethargy supreme adviser associative Honda recalls moving around in chaotic times gets one nowhere for the meantime I enjoyed playing the shakuhachi for Japanese bamboo flute until I saw signs of a positive future soichiro sized chance he built factory with about 165 square meters of floor space on land and in poem intima Monceau and started the honda tentacle research institute this is in october 1946 and so should a honda less than four years of age the institute concerned itself with motorcycles as Japan's transportation system was in chaos ahead time they bought radial engines which had been used by the military and installed them onto bicycle this innovative idea attracted a great deal of public attention the large demand soon consume all of the purchased in just making them design engines for their own production so judo together with Kyoshi Kawashima we're just joined from in July 47 devote the chimney engine then to cycle 1/2 horsepower a type of my wench production and media master factory motorcycles equipped with a type engines were nicknamed Batta Batta and they're noisy exhaust sound very popular in September 1948 the capital of 1 million yen president Honda founded the Honda Motor Company Limited in attire machi in are lots of city succeeding the Honda Technical Research Institute the first step toward Honda of the world was taken from a small factory employing about 20 people however stimulated by Honda's success some 40 other motorcycle manufacturers sprouted in home lots of City and Honda strove toward the development of new and more efficient engines following the a type a B type engine was developed and finally the C type engine was developed and was almost twice as powerful as the original a type this engine displayed its power in the us-japan motorcycle race held in Otago tamagawa in Tokyo by winning the class championship in those days motorcycles and scooters had brains made by megiddo fuji and equal president Honda began the development of more durable motorcycle and stronger frames instead of just bicycles with engines in August 1949 a two cycle 98 CC reinforce powered retied motorcycle prototype was completed result of all the Honda employees skill and innovation it was named the dream because one of the employees said that he felt as if their achievement were a dream come true thus Honda was the first manufacturer to lose both frames and engines in August of that year Edo no shame voodoo Hoshi established a new world's record during the all us swimming championship held in Los Angeles this news inspired all the employees morale the consensus then was now that's voiced the Japanese flag throughout the world with our motorcycle after taking his first step as a motorcycle manufacturer with green president Honda meant to heal Fujisawa knocked over 1949 when she saw a left the lumber industry and joined fund as a managing director when they had a moment two men would talk about their dreams and philosophies they determine their goal to be Honda of the world but they also had a humanistic in the magic pencil write lines saying that we want to produce things that will never fail the satisfied me things that they can enjoy using in November of that year Ponder's capital was increased to 2 million yen March 1950 saw the opening of an office in Tacoma she monkey Joe in Tokyo leading the way for expansion into the jungle the Tokyo factory started operation in March of the following year this Factory was in fact a renovated sewing machine factory at cami jojo institute tokyo those days at the Tokyo factory were described as sitting on a volcano the factory started out with a monthly production of 300 motorcycle this was to increase to 1,000 units per month after the first two years of operation everyone including the president himself worked long hard hours in their white work clothes but the efforts in skills of the young workers and those founding years resulted in immeasurable achievement what supported the basis of this small factory worker like an airplane we can do it hard enough and knowledge knows the number of motorcycle manufacturers had increased rapidly by that time presenting even higher competition customer interest had shifted from to cycle to cycle engines mainly because of the two cycle engine notable characteristics its high pitch floor its billowing white blue smoke and ever-present fear of engine seizure under challenge the more difficult development to the 4 cycle engine many design was brought up extensive studies were conducted into the part of engine technology by May 1951 designed for the engine of the future were complete and preparations were made for mass production this is how the foresight will overhead-valve 146 cc 5.5 horsepower you type engine was born it had many innovative features that just overhead valve and combine the engine and transmission mechanisms this development returning two months in the making was pivoted to President Honda's theorists such as good ideas save time vanilla gate come from the wise use 5 train each I'd file model was completed in two you you and then came the first cup f-type in March of 1952 the catchphrase white time and red engine who was easy to handle and economically and thus quickly became popular moment in life in the market in June it received many overseas in grades 1500 Cubs were sold that June for the 3,000 in July and the tip told by November was already 25,000 such tremendous popularity now brought directly in Tussaud realized the necessity instituting a prompting sales network to handle these mass sales in those days however there were only about 400 motorcycle dealers throughout the entire country all of the manufacturers were stunning contractors so when directed would you saw it investigated the possibility of establishing time sales network was the more than 55,000 bicycle shops enjoyed very strong ties with their customers that drew his attention and so if you'd sent off the following letter to them your grandfather's have the courage to start selling imported bicycles after the russo-japanese war which was to become what is your basis today Honda's producing engines now would appreciate the reply if you are interested this strategy was a success sincere letter caused considerable reaction 13,000 bicycle shop responding and the sales network was immediately formed the idea of forming a sales network for new models with the distribution revolution within the two wheeler industry while expanding the sales network with the clock earning a high reputation dream on the very start going north British spies as by the pain spiders can touch the contrary first of these was the Shia affected opensci uncle Kamata watching in Saitama Prefecture March 19 we Komachi the dream pipe was mass-produced here in December of that same year the away fabulous she's in history who build as many as three process factories in only two years this innovative attitude was also manifest within the organizational management starting with the first issue of the Honda Monthly in 1951 many new systems were introduced the improvement suggestion system the Honda company news a lifetime security system recreation organization the TWI training system employee savings system and the independent operation of the dormitory for single employees these systems were the realization of Honda's basic premise the establishment of a working place which would help employees develop their dreams and aspirations which in turn would increase their enthusiasm for their work by 1952 and 53 Japanese industry had regained its former productivity and facility expansion was beginning to be encouraged at the same time however Rick precision was still mainly dependent upon the efforts of the skilled workers themselves in October 1952 on to decide to import machine tools from major advanced countries certainly the dollar and laid the new products certainly hardness of national origin orders amounting to 450 million yen replaced in the United States Germany and Switzerland on the scrap of at that time of this momentous decision is only six million yen therefore decision was out of the question was to increase to perfectly together only one person on the Dirty South recall those days if you wish to judge company not help team decision we were thinking out of the past or even the immediate present our thoughts were turned to the fire even ten years in the future mean very well that the employees of facilities successive construction of factories and residence in the investment that's changed Honda but it was small motorcycle factory into an enterprise which explored public demands and responded to those demands fifty to be here with Nate hunter became strongly impressed upon the Kline its dream and come it was also the year for developing new products designed general-purpose engines also started about this time later that fall production was started on the file watercycle actual production event began June 9th grade then D was designed to meet the man for a smaller motorcycle or bread in its engine body one shape without exceeding the limitations to meet other bicycle regulations of that day at exceptional capabilities of the motor bicycle and posted maximum speed of 65 miles per hour the Nathan is very happy free usage the Japanese word then head which means convenience Honda also started producing its h-type general-purpose engines in September 1952 arcing its advanced into the multi-use field November 1950 craze of the start of production of - Bridget schooner with Juno quite unlike scooters and then proceeded the junus body was made polyester resin both in to form elegant glowing it was the first to leader to come with completely shall face in addition to this who is equipped with a full windshield use in the rain making in the scooter full of new ideas and innovations Juno attracted a lot of attention of the first Motor Show held in PBO Tokyo 1954 Honda then made remarkable progress during his first five years following its foundation by introducing the dream club Bentley and the Juno by building factories and expanding its facility investment and by forming a new form of sales network it had surpassed all other manufacturers such as Tohatsu and now had seized the top positions of that under stocks were offered to the public in January of 1954 now making the company a moderate enterprise both in name and in reality on the table is going to be fond of Japan as the Korean War had ended in 1954 Japan's economy could no longer enjoy the so-called special procurement room and was forced to face recession on the storming success now met with the crisis for the first time in its history cup sales declined rapidly hitherto popular Ben Lee could no longer maintain its popularity as customers were no longer satisfied the bicycle with a supplementary engine as the Junos engine was completely encased its engine tended to overheat and customer complaints started to come in and finally Honda's main product the dream e type is also losing its popularity and the change from 200cc to 225 cc and rather adverse effects upon its performance in japan's worst recession after world war ii on the now face the possibility of possible bankruptcy with the top-heavy inventory the ever accumulating interest of the Soviet investment in order to survive this crisis it was necessary that the entire company tackled the problem on April 20th 1954 wood you saw himself went to the Saitama Factory Franklin reporting the situations employees there and asking for their cooperation numbers and emergency order the union which had not long been formed called an ad hoc meeting an adopted emergency plan to increase production of the 200cc 3 while closely cooperating the management meanwhile the engineers were struggling to solve the two engine 25cc dreams problems those same engineers in London developed an improved carburetor in only one week thus reviving the 225 CC 3 in view of the impending crisis directed reduce our to God 100 million yen loans of each species Bank and ask on the supporting suppliers for their all-out cooperation mr. Takeda Suzuki wet that time was the manager of the kill boshy branch of the Mitsubishi Bank had this to say 1 Donnell say Hema would it go got wooded or doneger I said then that people themselves should check to see whether or not Honda's products were to that selling if they were Honda I said what would be ok they had 2 billion yen worth of outstanding bill that's all so I told them to tide over with credit you guys three days later when you saw I made an announcement in front of his subcontractors he had guts and he'd come to earn the trust of others do not the crisis was over just one month after the emergency order the lessons that were learned about full cooperation between labor and management the vital importance of mutual trust between them remain invaluable the union which had displayed such marvelous cooperation insistence five six originally been formed at the shukaku Factory on June 27 1953 and following Chicago the main office and the hub matzo factory form unions the following year under the slogan independent and healthy Union these men were the union cooperated so successfully from Isis of 1954 they created mutual reliance between management and the union members not merely that or your employee relationship one of equal individuals working together as a team on March 20th 1954 Soichiro Honda declared Honda's participation in the internationally acclaimed tourist trophy race held annually on the British Isle of Man Honda which had started from nothing in the terrible confusion following the Second World War had at last when its way through its competition to become leading manufacturer saving before the wind and now it sets out on its pursuit to become the world's leader by declaring its entry into the all demanding tourist trophy race you you

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Length: 30min 29sec (1829 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 24 2012