The company has started with three so far with human resources, training and workplace safety assignments.
“Ultium Cells has just started employee hiring to begin employee training for initial leaders that will serve as key resources as we begin to install process equipment, set-up production areas, validate equipment and launch production equipment,” said Dan Flores, GM spokesman.
Ultium’s timeline is to ramp up to about 1,100 employees by the end of 2022. Also during that time will be phased equipment installation at the $2.3 billion facility on Tod Avenue, immediately east of GM’s former automaking plant.
The plans, however, according to Flores are “rather fluid as we learn how long it will take to train the workforce for these new high -tech jobs in battery cell manufacturing.”
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THANK YOU â Wintersville resident John Gale, a respiratory therapist supervisor at UPMC Magee-Womenâs Hospital, was honored Christmas Eve on ABCâs âGood Morning Americaâ as part of its Honor a Health Care Hero segment. (Contributed photo)
WINTERSVILLE As a registered respiratory therapist on the front lines treating COVID-19 patients daily, John Gale holds out hope for a healthier 2021 with a vaccine to the rescue.
But what a year it’s been, assesses the Wintersville resident who works at UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and on Christmas Eve was featured on “Good Morning America” as part of its Honor a Health Care Hero segment.
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WARREN Sure, the viral outbreak dominated the headlines this year; it bludgeoned businesses, caused joblessness to spiral out of control and threw the economy into a tailspin.
No doubt, COVID-19 was the No. 1 news story of the year, but dig a bit deeper and there was some positive local business-related news in the mix. So without further delay, the top 10 business stories, excluding the pandemic, this year in Trumbull and Mahoning counties:
1. Mahoning Valley part of GM’s electric future
General Motors announced Jan. 14 it had selected a 158-acre plot of land in Lordstown adjacent to its former automaking plant to build a $2.3 billion battery-cell manufacturing plant, a decision that meant upward of 1,100 new jobs here.
Janet E. Branscom, 84, of Rayland, OH, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2020 at her home.
Janet was born September 6, 1936 in Rush Run, OH, daughter of the late Alton and Wilma (Sayre) Emfield.
She was a former certified legal secretary and a professor at the former JCC and Eastern Gateway Community College, retiring after 35 years.
Janet was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church, where she played the piano and organ. She also played the piano at the Smithfield Friends Church. She was a member of the N.E.A. and the O.E.A., where she was a former office holder.
In addition to her parents, Janet was preceded in death by an infant great-granddaughter, Madison Brook Carson.