It was the first plant in North America to implement Honda’s 'New Manufacturing System' in 2000.

[2] Today, the plant produces the Honda CR-V and the Acura RDX and MDX.

[4] Engineers working in the plant are responsible for providing the first set of hard-tooled parts and complete body unit builds for nine other CR-V plants around the world to follow and replicate.

The plant's 200,000-square-foot welding shop was expanded and underwent a makeover with 200 new robots.

The East Liberty plant exports vehicles to many countries including Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Russia.