# Valmet Automotive plans car battery plant in Salo, Finland

Valmet Automotive announced plans to open a car battery plant in Salo, Finland, creating about 300 jobs. Production is expected to begin later in 2019 at a former Nokia factory site.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-02-28
- Where: Salo, Finland, Finland
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: car batteries
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Valmet Automotive](https://endata.com/companies/21802.md)

## Sources

- [yle.fi](https://yle.fi/a/3-10666895), 2019-02-28: "Salo offers world-class engineering and manufacturing knowledge as well as infrastructure that meets our needs."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.