[DetroitMan]

This would be huge for Holland if they are chosen as the North American HQ for LG Energy and would be a feather in the cap of Michigan's emerging electric battery sector.


LG Energy Solution ‘seriously considering' Holland for North American headquarters

LG Energy Solution is positioning its growing operation in Holland to become the company's North American headquarters as it scales up battery manufacturing across the country.

The designation could bring an influx of white-collar and senior-level positions, building on the hundreds of advanced manufacturing jobs LG Energy Solution Michigan is creating in West Michigan with its $1.7 billion lithium ion battery plant expansion in Holland. LG Energy Solution Michigan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seoul, South Korea-based LG Energy Solution. "We are seriously considering making this site the headquarters for North America," Roger Traboulay, project manager at LG Energy Solution Michigan, said during a presentation to local developers Thursday at the expansion site in Holland. "If that happens, it would bring in a whole band of directors and senior persons with (a need for) executive-level housing."

Holland is among the eight plants across the U.S. and Canada that LG is aggressively investing to build capacity and supply chains for automakers that are launching electric vehicle lines, Automotive News reported this week. Once up and running, which is expected by mid-decade, the eight plants would have a combined 300 gigawatt-hours of electric vehicle battery production capacity.

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