Battery industry fueling job growth

A variety of manufacturing plants from around the state are being energized. In Holland, one plant is expecting to grow its workforce to 100.

According to excerpts from the story in Freep.com:

JCI Saft in Holland is making lithium-ion battery packs with 30 salaried and 15 production people. Plant manager Bill Delaney said production will begin by the end of March on batteries for the Ford Transit Connect. In addition, battery cells now produced by another JCI Saft plant in France will be made in Holland beginning this fall.

"By the end of the year, we should have a little over 100 people," said Delaney.

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