The automotive supplier will build battery housings for the all-electric F-150 Lightning there for customer Ford. The 170,000 square foot (about 15,800 square metres) plant is expected to create up to 150 new jobs, according to Magna. “We are coming to Chatham with new job opportunities working on an exciting new technology that offers a lot of growth potential,” said Mark Johnson, general manager of Magna Formet Industries. The battery cells, which are installed in the battery housings supplied by Magna Formet, are purchased by Ford from SK Innovation at the plant in Georgia. A little further east in the province of Québec, BASF is also planning a cathode material production plant.

Source: CBC News March 31, 2022 20:08 UTC