South Korea Innovation to Invest $4.3 Billion in US Battery Production With Ford Motor

The logo of SK Innovation is seen in front of its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea on Feb. 3, 2017. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

SEOUL—South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. Ltd plans to invest 5.1 trillion won ($4.32 billion) to build battery production facilities in the United States through its battery joint venture with Ford Motor Co. through 2027, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

The South Korean battery maker, which supplies electric car batteries to Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor Co., among others, has battery production sites in the United States, Hungary, China, and South Korea.

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