Auto supplier Johnson Controls Inc. will invest $138.5 million and will nearly double the size of its battery plant in suburban Toledo, adding about 50 jobs this year as it converts production from traditional lead-acid automotive batteries to those with newer Absorbent Glass Mat, or AGM, technology, reports
The Toledo Blade.
Once construction is complete and equipment and tooling are in place, the 30-year-old plant at 10300 Industrial Rd., near Toledo Express Airport, will employ approximately 450 unionized workers and crank out an estimated 6 million technologically advanced automotive batteries each year for use in vehicles assembled in plants across the Midwest.
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