According to the company, the improvised explosive devices were placed under Northvolt equipment

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According to the company, the improvised explosive devices were placed under machinery at the site of the future Northvolt battery plant, posing a serious threat to employees.

Northvolt North America CEO Paolo Cerruti condemned the weekend vandalism on Monday.

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Northwalt's planned plant is located about 25 kilometers east of Montreal on a 172-hectare site between McMasterville and Saint-Basile-le-Grand.

Battery cells and cathode materials are produced and processed there.

“Our team noted this morning that improvised explosive devices were planted under machinery this weekend with the intention of injuring our workers and slowing down our operations. The launch devices did not work,” the company said in a statement.

Northwalt strongly condemns this cowardly act aimed at “intimidating our teams and forcing them to stop our project of building a technology campus that will accelerate the energy transition and produce critical batteries.” to decarbonization”.

Cerruti is expected to comment on the matter in a brief address to the media on Monday afternoon.

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