How a battery materials startup is positioning itself to be a ‘substitute’ for China

The Trump administration’s trade policies have sent global businesses into a tailspin.

But it just might be an opportune time to be a US-based manufacturing company promising to reduce reliance on China for a key battery material.

That’s how Gene Berdichevsky, co-founder and CEO of battery materials startup Sila, views the current moment, as Sila prepares to launch production at a new plant in Moses Lake, Washington.