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Of course Honda Swindon closure is not just about the 3,500 jobs there. Other Honda suppliers in the UK include G-TEKT production in Gloucester, Tredegar, Ebbw Vale employing 800 people. But also plant in Slovakia starting 2019. 1/
Honda Logistics employs a further 1200 in Swindon. What will happen to the >1200 employed by Honda Motor Europe (European HQ in UK) in Bracknell in sales and marketing of not just cars but motorbikes, power products etc? 2/
Or the 235 employed by UYS in Cowley making exhaust systems? Honda is their sole customer... There's another 70 people in Aberdare making shock absorbers for Honda - their only production in Europe. 3/
Other suppliers not so dependent on Honda (also supply Nissan & JLR so that's OK 😟) like Sanoh employing 300 making brake and fuel lines in Bristol, or Hi-Lex employing 160 people making linear control cables in Port Talbot. 4/
I suppose it will be like Musashi Auto Parts after Honda shut down UK plant for 4 months after Lehman Shock in 2010 - shut its production in Gwent down, 150 jobs, shifted to Hungary. 5/
There's also Piloax in Accrington, supplies Honda & Nissan with fasteners, produced in UK, 120 employees. Kasai employing 800 people in Washington + Merthyr Tydfil supplying Honda & Nissan respectively. Already has plant in Slovakia as of 2017. 6/
NP Automotive Coatings manufactures paints for Toyota and Honda in Swindon - 60 employees. About to start production in Czech Rep. TS Tech employs > 700 in Swindon makes car seats for Honda. Has production in Germany+Hungary as well. 7/
Unipres employs around 1400 in Sunderland making car body press parts. Initially only for Nissan, but diversified to supplying Honda too. There's a sister plant in France. 8/
So in total, as well as the nearly 4,000 at Honda Swindon, there's another 6,000 jobs in the UK at risk over the next few years if Honda winds down UK production. 9/9
