44 new workers, and that grant is supporting the construction of three new plants in the state of michigan, which a-123 expects will allow it to hire more than 120 workers by the end of this year, more than 1000 by the end of next year, and more than 3000 by the end of 2012. two of those workers, james fenton, and nino bunia, are here today. they lost their previous jobs in the recession, then 123 hired them both to help refer the batteries of tomorrow. a-123 has already begun construction on one facility in the city of lavonia, which is scheduled to go online in july, and they ve begun designing a facility in the city of romulus and have announced plans to build the first high volume factory in brownstown. the truth be told, a-123 was looking to build that factory in asia, but because it received that grant, it chose the state of michigan for its largest and most
leaders, vice president biden traveled to michigan to announce that they were one of the 48 companies to win a recovery act grant for advanced battery technology. that helped them hire 48 new workers and it s supporting the construction of three new plants in the state of michigan which they will hire more than 120 workers by the end of this year, more than 1,000 by the end of next year and more than 3,000 by the end of 2012. two of those workers, james and nino, are here today. they lost their previous jobs in the recession and then a-123 helped them manufacturer the batteries of tomorrow. they are already beguning construction of one facility in the city of labonia, scheduled to go online in july. they ve announced plans to build their first high volume factory in brownstown. the truth be told a-123 was
waseca, minnesota, where it s hired 40 new workers, in okany, south carolina, where it s hired 120 new workers, carla raysack and james morris are here, and these are two of the workers that have been hired. james, a native of okany county, recently found himself laid off from a local plant after punching in for 28 years, today, he and his wife, angela, both work at itron, helping to forng a clean energy future for their three daughters. david view, right over here, is president and ceo of a-123 systems, the company that produces advanced batteries for energy storage and next generation vehicles. last august, following a nationwide competition among america s clean energy technology leaders, vice president biden traveled to michigan to announce that a-123 was one of the 48 companies to win a recovery act grant for advanced battery technology. that grant helped a-123 hire
following a competition for clean energy leaders, vice president biden announced that a 123 was one of the 48 companies to win a recovery act grant for advanced battery technology. that grant helped hire a123 hire 144 new workers. that grant is supporting production of three new plants in michigan. which a123 expects will allow it to hire more than 120 workers by the end of this year, more than 1,000 by the end of next year and more than 3,000 by the end of 2012. two of those workers, james fenten and nino. they lost their jobs in the recession. a123 hired them to help manufacture batteries of tomorrow. a123 already had begun construction in one city, the city of levonia, ready to go online in july.