Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Port Colborne, Ont., on Tuesday, where Canada's firstever lithiumion battery separator plant will be built.

A Japanese company, Asahi Kasei, has announced it will build an approximately $1.6billion plant in Ontario's Niagara Region that will make a key electric vehicle battery component as part of Honda's supply chain in the province.

Honda announced recently that it is building an electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., assembly plant, which it is retooling to produce fully electric vehicles as part of a $15billion project to create a supply chain in the province for the automaker.

Asahi Kasei says its plant where it will build battery separators is expected to be up and running by 2027.

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