Summary
- Port Colborne, Ontario will be home to a new $1.6 billion electric vehicle battery plant
- The plant, expected to open in 2027, will be Canada’s first lithium ion battery separator plant
- There is no information on the number of jobs the plant will create or who will fill them
- Asahi Kasei chose Port Colborne due to factors like access to rail, water, highways, and the Canada-U.S. border
