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In today's episode, Mike shares the Branding Reveal for the new industrial site in St. Thomas and takes us on a bit of a road trip through the site! Yarmouth Yards was selected as the name for the new industrial park to pay homage to the history of the area and a nod to our railway history. Street naming focuses the development forward with names tied to the first industry to call this new site home. This balance brings together two of our region's best elements - our incredible roots and bright future.
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In today's episode, Mike is joined onsite by Harrie, the Construction Manager with Amico, to chat a bit about the current status of construction over at the Mega Site, what challenges the construction team is facing, and what sort of progress can be anticipated once the snow starts to fly.
Don't worry, they are also going to connect about the *most* important job on site! Thanks for joining us From the Beehive, St. Thomas! It's a new year! Welcome back to the Beehive!
From the Beehive is our way of highlighting the work being done to prepare for the proposed industrial subdivision as we welcome Volkswagen Group-owned battery company PowerCo Canada Inc. to St. Thomas. We take our name from the railway history of our community - Beehive being a slang term for a railyard office. We generally film our updates onsite or from the construction site office and work closely with the teams involved with the work on-site to bring these updates to you each week. As construction progresses, we are excited to share the process along with information about infrastructure updates, community information, and more! The updates From the Beehive will change and grow as the project and community do. In today's episode, Mike is back on-site with Nicole to learn more about the role of the roller and the different types of rollers used on-site. St. Thomas is PowerCo Canada Inc.'s first overseas gigafactory for cell manufacturing and will equip the Group brands' BEVs in the North American region with cutting-edge unified cells, a new technology designed for cost-efficient scale production. St. Thomas will also be the largest PowerCo gigafactory to date, with an annual production capacity of up to 90 GWh in the final expansion phase. The planned investment of up to €4.8 billion / CAD$ 7 billion by 2030 has the potential to create up to 3,000 highly skilled jobs at the factory, along with thousands of indirect jobs within the region. Furthermore, the cell factory will be supplied with CO2-free energy. |
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