Battery maker Northvolt says head of its main plant to step down

FILE PHOTO: General view outside the Northvolt facility in Vasteras, Sweden, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Helena Soderpalm/File Photo

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The head of Sweden's Northvolt Ett plant, Mark Duchesne, is stepping down with immediate effect, the Swedish battery maker said on Wednesday.

Angeline Bilodeau, the vice president of Northvolt's operations in North America, will take over from Duchesne until the end of the year, while Northvolt looks for a permanent chief executive for the Ett plant, the company said in a statement.

(Reporting by Marie Mannes, writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)