# Magna breaks ground on $70M battery enclosure plant in Michigan

Magna has broken ground on a new 345,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in St. Clair, Michigan, to build battery enclosures for the GMC Hummer EV. The $70 million investment is expected to create over 300 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-02-23
- Where: St. Clair, Michigan, United States
- Value: $70.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 345,000 square-foot facility
- Products: battery enclosures for electric vehicles
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Magna International](https://endata.com/companies/2534.md)
- [General Motors](https://endata.com/companies/4654.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [magna.com](https://www.magna.com/company/newsroom/releases-archive/release/2021/02/23/news-release---magna-s-new-michigan-plant-to-support-fast-growing-electric-vehicle-market), 2021-02-23: "Magna has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in St. Clair, Michigan"
- [crainsdetroit.com](https://www.crainsdetroit.com/manufacturing/magna-invest-70-million-new-electric-vehicle-battery-component-plant-st-clair/), 2021-02-23: "Magna International Inc. plans to build an electric vehicle battery component plant in St. Clair to produce structural battery enclosures for the 2022 GMC Hummer EV."

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