Battery startup Pure Lithium will relocate from Boston to Chicago and invest $46 million to expand in the city's growing tech hub, the company announced on Thursday. The maker of lithium metal batteries will launch in Fulton Market this fall and create at least 50 new jobs. Attracted by Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and Intersect Illinois, and supported by. . CHICAGO, Ill. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, held Tuesday at the company's 21,000-square-foot facility at 400 N., brought together. . The $46 million move is being supported by Illinois' Reimagining Energy and Vehicles (REV) program and is expected to make the state a national leader in lithium metal battery production.
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