South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution (LGES) announced that its Canadian subsidiary, NextStar Energy, held a grand opening ceremony for its newly built battery manufacturing facility in Windsor, Ontario. Commercial operations at the plant actually began in November 2025, with production having already surpassed one million battery cells.
The grand opening was attended by NextStar Energy’s CEO Danies Lee, LGES’s CEO David Kim, Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford, Canada’s Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly, along with a number of local government and community leaders.
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LGES claims NextStar Energy is Canada’s “first and only commercial-scale advanced battery manufacturing company.” It was originally established as a joint venture with Stellantis, but the automaker completed the sale of its 49% stake in the company last month, citing mounting losses and the sharp slowdown in US battery electric vehicle (BEV) demand following the withdrawal of incentives by the US government last year. This left LGES in full control of the company.
The CAD 5 billion plant, which currently employs 1,300 people, is focused on supplying batteries for electric vehicles and for next-generation energy storage systems (ESS), being built “to support the next wave of economic growth” in the country. The company is positioning itself “as Canada’s leading provider of battery cells that power everything from AI data centres to municipal and provincial utility grids, as well as e-commerce and technology infrastructure that Canadians across the country rely on.”
Danies Lee said in a statement: “Today’s grand opening reflects the economic momentum we are building here in Windsor. With strong investment from the federal and provincial governments and the commitments from our founding joint venture partners, we are proud to be creating long-term economic value for Canada. At the same time, we are helping power the next generation of energy that will future-proof Canadian industry at scale. This is a unique, made-in-Canada success story and one we can all be proud of.”
