Axiom gets going in New Castle battery plant

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — With a cutting-edge research and development company firmly ensconced in Canada, it was a fluke that brought Tom Granville to New Castle. But once he arrived, he found the opportunity too good to pass up.

“It’s something that is the perfect storm. We’ve landed in a place that’s a friendly business environment, has a workforce that wants to work and then we found Pennsylvania was going out of its way to help us,” Granville said.

President of Axion Power Battery Manufacturing and chief executive officer of Axion Power International, Granville has now moved his company headquarters here and on Monday got more than $1.2 million from Gov. Ed Rendell to help with the transition.

For the complete story, see Tuesday's Vindicator.