Samsung SDI and LG Chemical shut down Battery Factory in the United States

Published: Mar 26, 2020 08:14

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SMM3 26: a few days ago, two mainstream South Korean power battery companies LG Chemical and Samsung SDI announced the closure of its U. S. battery factory.

LG Chemical said on the 25th that it had decided to close its battery plant for electric cars in the United States because of the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Samsung SDI later said it had closed its battery plant in Michigan.

Samsung SDI has core customers such as Volvo, BMW, Audi and Volkswagen, a power battery plant near Detroit, Michigan, as well as Samsung SDI's battery manufacturing plant, research and development center and automotive battery operations headquarters in the United States.

LG Chemical supplies batteries to 13 of the 20 major carmakers, including Volkswagen, Renault, General Motors and Hyundai.

Michigan requires all residents to stay at home, a decision made after the governor appealed and businesses will be closed until April 13.

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