[CPEO-MEF] Toda battery plant, Battle Creek, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cleanup cost for Toda increases

$600,000 spending bump still within budget

Elizabeth Willis
Battle Creek Enquirer (MI)
March 26, 2010



The cost of preparing land for a new battery components plant in Battle 
Creek has increased, but remains within the site's cleanup budget.

Previously contaminated land at 4950 W. Dickman Road in the Fort Custer 
Industrial Park has been leveled and heavy metals removed to make way 
for Toda America Inc., a subsidiary of Toda Kogyo Corp. in Japan.

The lithium-ion battery parts maker is expected to create at least 57 
highly skilled jobs and attract similar hybrid-vehicle suppliers to the 
area. At least one other company has already shown interest since the 
Toda announcement, Battle Creek Unlimited's Marketing Director Doug 
Voshell said Thursday.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20100326/NEWS01/3260312/Cleanup+cost+for+Toda+increases

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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