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Valmet Automotive building EV battery factory in Germany

Valmet Automotive, one of the largest vehicle contract manufacturers in the world, has started construction of its first battery factory in Germany. Pre-series production of complete battery systems for electrically powered vehicles is expected to begin in the first half of 2022 at the Kirchardt/Baden-Württemberg location. Around 160 jobs will be created at the new battery factory, which will be the company’s third.

Valmet Automotive has risen to become an international leader in the development and manufacture of battery systems in just three years. The company already operates a battery factory in Salo, Finland. A second battery factory is being built next to Valmet Automotive’s car plant in Uusikaupunki, with production expected to begin in the second half of 2021.

Background to launch a production plant in Germany is the recent nomination as a tier-1 system supplier for a battery program by a German car manufacturer. Part of the contract is to produce the battery packs close to the customer in order to save resources and avoid unnecessary transportation.

At Kirchardt, Valmet Automotive has around 11,500 square meters of production space available on the site of a former printing plant. The conversion measures for complex battery production are scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2021. Pre-series production in the highly automated plant is scheduled to start in the first half of 2022.

„The decision to build our third battery factory in Germany is the next important step to establish Valmet Automotive as a tier-1 system supplier of battery systems and modules. The Kirchardt site is perfect as it allows us to produce close to some of our important customers, but also to our engineering location and battery test center in Bad Friedrichshall,” says Olaf Bongwald, CEO Valmet Automotive.

The battery factory will create a total of around 160 jobs at the Kirchardt site, of which around 120 will be in production and 40 in administration and development. In parallel, Valmet Automotive is significantly expanding its capacities at its German engineering locations in Munich and Bad Friedrichshall and creating numerous new, highly qualified jobs in the rapidly growing business of electromobility. Among other things, engineers are being sought for the development areas of battery systems, cell modules, battery design and high-voltage safety, as well as for testing battery systems.

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March 25, 2021 Electric Car NewsGermany, Valmet automotive
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