Asahi Kasei to build EV battery component plant in Canada to supply Honda, Nikkei reports

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Asahi Kasei plans to spend about 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to build a battery component factory in Canada, the Nikkei newspaper said on Wednesday.

The plant is being built primarily to supply Honda Motor's electric vehicle production in Canada, the newspaper said.

($1 = 154.8000 yen)

(This story has been refiled to fix typo to Kasei, in the headline)

(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)