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Lyten brings Northvolt executives back following asset acquisition

Northvolt's new owner Lyten announced on Thursday that it has appointed the former chief operating officer (COO) of the bankrupt Swedish company as the CEO of Lyten Sweden and recruited several other former executives from the failed company.

Last month, the Silicon Valley startup Lyten announced that it had acquired Northvolt’s assets. This was a major development for future European battery production of electric vehicles.

Matthias Arleth is the new CEO of Lyten Sweden. He joined Northvolt last July, shortly after reports of problems began to surface.

Lyten announced that Sami Haikala will return to his former position as the head of Northvolt Labs R&D in Sweden and Markus Danglemaier will come back to her previous position as the head of Northvolt Ett in Sweden.

In a press release, the company stated that Dan Cook, CEO of Lyten, has extensive experience in industrial transformation as well as a deep understanding of Northvolt assets and operations.

It said that "These executives played an important role in stabilising the operations and delivering for customers over the past year." Filling these initial executive positions is a crucial step in restarting operations for Sweden and Poland.

Arleth, along with two other executives, led the company through bankruptcy in June when co-founder Peter Carlsson left the position in November. (Reporting and editing by Terje Slsvik, Marie Mannes and Anna Ringstrom)

(source: Reuters)