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Foundation
 
'53
First power product engine, H-type, released. ZOOM

'59
F-150 tiller released. ZOOM

'64 GB30 outboard engine released.
'65
E300 portable generator introduced. ZOOM

'69 Japanese power product production reaches 1 million units.
'77 G series 4-stroke power product engines released.

1980's
 
'80
F200 mini-tiller released. ZOOM
HS35 snowblower released.
'81 Power product production reaches 5 million units.
'83 GX series OHV power product engine released.
'85
Power product production reaches 10 million units.
HP250 power carrier released.
'89 Power product production reaches 15 million units.

1990's
 
'92 Power product production reaches 20 million units.
'93 FU450/650 tillers with Active Rotary System released.
'95
BF90 outboard engine receives IMTEC Innovation Award. ZOOM
EXD emergency generators released.
'97
Power product production reaches 30 million units.
GX22/23, world 's first 360°-tilting, 4-stroke engines, released.
'98 GENE 21 generators released.
'99 MonPal ML100 electric wheelchair released.

2000's
 
'00
'e-SPEC' power product environmental technology standard developed.
Power product production reaches 40 million units.
'01
Hosoe Plant, Hamamatsu Factory, begins operation.
Komame F220 tiller completely remodeled for the first time in 20 years.
HS1390i hybrid snowblower released.
BF225 4-stroke outboard engine released.
EU16i miniatur e sine-wave inverter generator released.
'02
World's lightest 4-stroke power product engine, GX25, released.
Power product production reaches 50 million units.
'03
Salad FF300 mini-tiller released. ZOOM
Power Products Division celebrates 50th anniversary.
'04
Backpack power sprayer WJR1515 released.
Sine wave inverter-equipped commercial generator EM55is released.
'05
The next-generation iGX440, the world's first electronically controlled general-purpose engine, released.
Worldwide sales of Honda power products reaches 60 million.
'06
Four-wheeled electric scooter Monpal ML200 released.
Cumulative production of power products reaches 70 million.
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