A123 Systems fka AONEQ

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Today's AONE report in news

Chinese company expected to invest $450 million in A123
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20120812/NEWS10/208120430/Chinese-company-expected-invest-450-million-A123?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CLivonia%7Cs

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Wanxiang is China's largest automotive components manufacturer and one of China's largest non-government-owned companies. Wanxiang's proposed investment in A123 is intended to create the capital structure necessary for the company to continue growing its core businesses, and alignment with Wanxiang is also expected to substantially strengthen A123's access to the growing vehicle electrification and grid-scale energy storage markets in China.

“A substantial capital investment from Wanxiang would not only provide financial stability to A123 as we continue to grow, but it would also align us with a large, successful global brand in the automotive and cleantech industries. Wanxiang has a successful track record of operating in the U.S. with significant employment and commitment to good corporate citizenship, and we expect that a strategic agreement with Wanxiang would help enhance our competitive position in the global marketplace, especially in China.”

Wanxiang Group Corp. and its related companies have more than $13 billion in revenue and more than 45,000 employees across its global businesses in equipment and automotive parts manufacturing, clean energy, financial services, agricultural products, natural resources and real estate, among others. Through its subsidiaries, including Wanxiang America Corp., it has more than 3,000 U.S.-based employees.

The Livonia plant opened in September 2010, just over one year after A123 was awarded a $249 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help the company execute its strategy to ramp up U.S. manufacturing capabilities to meet increasing demand for its technologies.

In addition to the DOE grant, the company received $125 million in state incentives from Michigan as part of its 21st Century Jobs Fund and a 50-percent reduction in taxes to the city of Livonia for 12 years.

A123 has three Michigan facilities, including a plant in Romulus facility and an office in Ann Arbor.