Yoshihiko Toyozumi, president Honda Power Equipment Mfg., Inc. (HPE) and North Carolina Governor Mike Easley (center) use a Honda tiller to break ground for HPE's $30 million expansion of its Swepsonville, N.C. factory. Local officials and associates broke ground by using traditional shovels. Pictured from left: Associate Jose Garcia, Honda Power Equipment Vice President Wade Terry, Associate Monroe Miles, Alamance County Chamber of Commerce President Sonny Wilburn, North Carolina Secretary of Commerce James Fain III, Associate Samuel Graves, Associate Michael Reid, American Honda President and CEO Koichi Amemiya, Associate Shirley Parrish, and Alamance County Commissioner Larry Sharpe.