New eastern Ontario plant to add hundreds of jobs, create battery components

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Officials pose with shovels on Oct. 16, 2023 to mark a new plant to be built in Bath, Ont., to build electric vehicle batteries.

Federal and provincial officials broke ground in Loyalist Township Monday on a multi-billion-dollar plant they say will produce components for electric vehicle batteries and bring hundreds of jobs to the region.

"Their readiness to co-fund our investment coupled with the announcement of our first customer contract for the Loyalist plant mean we can forge ahead with the construction," read a quote from Mathias Miedreich in the release. Umicore CEO Mathias Miedreich speaks in Bath, Ont., as part of a funding announcement for electric vehicles batteries. Ford described the project as further evidence of the province putting the "auto sector back on the map," while creating jobs and ensuring "cars of the future" will be made in Ontario.

 

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