Niagara Economic Development

It offers free, confidential services to businesses, including help finding investment-ready sites, information on incentive programs and the Niagara Foreign Trade Zone, and support for entrepreneurs. Electric mobility is one of its key sectors, and it markets Niagara as a location in the EV and battery supply chain, from critical minerals processing and battery components to vehicle assembly and recycling.

The agency covers Niagara in Ontario, Canada, which it says lies within 800 km of 130 million people. Battery-related companies it lists in the region include Asahi Kasei, which makes Hipore lithium-ion battery separators in Port Colborne.