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Navitas Expands Advanced Solutions Group and Receives State of Michigan Grant

October 22, 2013 by Jeff Shepard

Navitas Systems LLC is expanding its operations and relocating to a new facility in Michigan's Pittsfield Charter Township, and has committed to make a capital investment of up to $9.3 million and create 125 jobs related to storage battery manufacturing. As a result, Navitas Systems is being awarded a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. Pittsfield Township has additionally offered support to the project in the form of a property tax abatement.

"As someone who was born and educated in this state, I'm delighted to commit ourselves to grow our Navitas Advanced Solutions Group here in Michigan, expanding our facilities and R &D equipment and growing the team of Navitas associates," said Navitas Systems CEO Nancie ElShafei.

"Navitas Systems' new advanced battery facility in Pittsfield Township will help diversify Michigan's economy and provide good, high paying jobs for years to come," said Michigan Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Michael A. Finney. "The company's decision to invest in Michigan is a strong statement about the great opportunities that, thanks to our business climate improvements, Michigan now offers to growing companies."

"My team here is excited to be moving into a newer, more expansive facility to carry out our important research and development activities for government and commercial energy storage and power electronics customers," said Les Alexander, Navitas Advanced Solutions Group (ASG) General Manager. The new Navitas ASG building is located at 4880 Venture Drive in Pittsfield Township. "We'll soon be in a state-of-the-art building to house the finest in R &D equipment utilized by our world-class scientific and engineering teams—all of the major pieces will shortly be in place," Alexander concluded.

Navitas Systems considers itself to be a leader in integrated design, technology development and manufacturing, providing energy-enabled system solutions, energy storage products, and power electronics for commercial, industrial and government agency customers. Navitas products range from customized energy storage solutions for motive, idle-reduction and defense related applications, along with custom renewable energy integrated power systems to standard products like lithium based lead-acid replacement batteries. Navitas is driven by a passion for bridging the gap between customer challenges and environmentally and financially sustainable solutions.

Navitas Systems is a woman-owned small business founded in 2010 and previously known as MicroSun Innovative Energy Storage Solutions. Navitas is headquartered in a state-of-the-art 100,000 square foot facility in Woodridge, Illinois. Earlier this year, the company acquired the Government Solutions Group of lithium battery manufacturer A123 Systems. With this acquired major research facility located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, along with strong local and offshore partners and solid financial stability, Navitas is well positioned to continue serving the energy products and power electronics needs of major worldwide customers.