NextStar Energy opens doors for UWindsor engineering talent
Krista Ammonite, quality planning manager at NextStar Energy (fifth from left), meets with engineering students Sulayman Syed, Nicholas Nguyen Pham, Michael Schembri, Alessia Favrin, Drew Booker, Hanna Rashidzadeh, and Lauren Schmidt at the company’s battery manufacturing plant in east Windsor.
As Windsor’s NextStar Energy plant ramps up battery module production, local engineering students are gaining hands-on experience and honing skills vital to the region’s emerging electric vehicle sector.
A joint venture between Stellantis and LG Energy Solution, the plant is Canada’s first facility of its kind to begin production. Construction on the facility broke ground in 2022, with the project celebrated as a major win for the community, expected to create 2,500 jobs.