GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- A package of state incentives appears to have tipped the scales for locating the largest hydrogen storage manufacturing plant in the U.S. in Grand Blanc Township.

The Michigan Strategic Fund Board on Tuesday, Aug. 22, approved a $5-million grant for the Plastic Omnium New Energies USA project and another incentive worth up to $2.3 million if the company moves forward with the development, which local officials said would be located on 50 acres in the Grand Blanc Enterprise Park off Baldwin Road.

MLive-The Flint Journal could not immediately reach a representative of the company, a subsidiary of Compagnie Plastic Omnium, for comment on the production facility, which is projected to create 175 new jobs and result in an investment of $171 million.

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“The operations will support roughly 40,000 vehicles annually starting in 2027, ramping up to full production by the end of 2028 ...,” the memo says. “This facility will be state-of-the-art with large amounts of automation due to the sheer size of the vessels. As a result, the project will bring dozens of high-tech jobs to the area to support this machinery.

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