Ultium Cells gets closer to opening doors in region
Ultium Cells is proud to be a first mover to bring cell manufacturing technology to America through a broad community collaboration.
Today, most battery cells and cell materials for electric vehicles are imported into the United States. Ultium Cells is proud to be a first mover to bring cell manufacturing technology to America to support the growing electric vehicle market.
Ultium Cells is a battery cell manufacturer formed through forward thinking collaboration between LG Energy Solution (LGES) and General Motors (GM) that builds on a long-standing relationship focused on product innovation.
Our partner companies are leaders in their respective industries and have a mutual interest to meet the growing customer demand for electric vehicles with leading performance. The Ultium Cells business is a tier one supplier of battery cells to General Motors as it launches a full range of North American Electric Vehicles. In order to meet the rapidly growing demand, Ultium Cells will deploy the intellectual property for cell and manufacturing process design from LG Energy Solutions.
Ultium Cells has been built by collaborations, beginning in 2019 with our joint venture partners LGES and GM, our partnerships with educational stakeholders and extending into the community with local organizations. In Tennessee, we have educational partnerships for skill and personal development through Motlow State Community College and Columbia State Community College. We also take pride in the important work within the community with strategic partners such as Maury County Chamber and Economic Alliance, Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce, and the Boys and Girls Club of South Central Tennessee.
The State of Tennessee Economic and Community Development and Tennessee College of Applied Technology have been strong partners as we collaborate on regional workforce development strategies to build the future economy. Ultium Cells is also connecting with Maury County Public schools to look for opportunities to support high school students in pursuing careers in manufacturing. Ultium Cells’ vision is to link Government Stakeholders (Federal, State and Local) with industry, educators and our employees to build a better tomorrow through on shoring clean energy manufacturing jobs.
Since 2019, Ultium Cells has invested over $9B to bring the battery cell manufacturing technology supply chain to the United States and onshore more than 5,000 new clean energy jobs in targeted American communities. Since May 2021, we broke ground on one of the largest battery cell plants in the world that created more than 1,800 union trade jobs building the future of clean energy manufacturing. Today, we are proud to be a team of more than 250 employees making contributions to position the U.S. as a leader in clean energy manufacturing.
We have also found that the residents of Middle Tennessee are as excited about working at Ultium Cells as we are to be a part of the community.
Our career opportunities have generated over 1,000 interested applicants, with more than 70% of accepted employment offers to join our launch team. People are excited about the opportunity contribute as a launch team member of the Ultium Cells-TN. They are eager to learn about the new technology and career opportunities available to grow with the company.
Employees are also planning to invest in their future through continued education with the company’s tuition reimbursement program up to $8,000 per year. There are extraordinary opportunities for advancement and personal growth for anyone willing to grow their knowledge in this emerging business. Ultium Cells remains committed to providing a competitive total compensation package for all our people.
We recognize the value of our workforce and want an inclusive culture that supports their needs and positions at Ultium Cells to allow them to grow and be nimble enough to meet the needs to of today’s and tomorrow’s customers in this dynamic industry. Ultium Cells leadership looks forward to building a work environment that is inclusive and engaging to unlock the full potential of our team. When Ultium Cells succeeds, our people succeed, our communities succeed by bringing investment and new clean energy jobs to America.
Through our unified collaborations, we are proud of the growth we have made and continue to make as One Ultium Team on employee safety, producing high-quality products, continuous innovation, training, and development.
In just a few years, the Ultium Cells story is taking shape as it evolves from a vision in 2019 to a top cell manufacturing business through more than $9B of new investment and over 5,000 brand-new jobs across three states.
Tom Gallagher is Ultium Cells LLC Vice President of Operations.