President Barack Obama delivers remarks July 15, 2010, at the groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd.

President Barack Obama greets workers as he walks to the stage to deliver remarks July 15, 2010, at the groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with LG Chem Ltd. Chairman Bon-Moo Koo, second from left, as LG Chem Ltd. Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter Ban-Suk Kim, right, and Gov. Jennifer Granholm, left, look on.

President Barack Obama gives Gov. Jennifer Granholm a hug as LG Chem Ltd. Chairman Bon-Moo Koo, left, watches, Thursday, July 15, 2010.

President Barack Obama speaks at the groundbreaking of LG Chem in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

President Barack Obama talks to some construction workers at the groundbreaking of LG Chem in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

President Barack Obama at the groundbreaking of LG Chem in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm speaks at the groundbreaking of LG Chem in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Peter Bahn-Suk Kim, vice chairman and CEO of LG Chem Ltd., speaks at the company's groundbreaking in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Holland Mayor Kurt Dykstra speaks at the groundbreaking of LG Chem in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Hundreds listened to President Obama at the groundbreaking ceremony for LG Chem in Holland (July 15, 2010)

President Obama spoke at the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland (July 15, 2010)

President Barack Obama speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the LG Chem battery facility in Holland (July 15, 2010)

24 Hour News 8 photojournalist Ron Swanson (blue shirt) was among the many media who covered President Obama at the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland (July 15, 2010)

President Barack Obama walks toward Marine One after getting off Air Force One at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township. He will attend the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

President Barack Obama gets on Marine One at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township. He will attend the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Air Force One at Ford International Airport (July 15, 2010)

Air Force One lands at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township as President Barack Obama will attend the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Air Force One lands at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township as President Barack Obama will attend the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Air Force One lands at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township as President Barack Obama will attend the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

President Barack Obama gets off Air Force One at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township. He will attend the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland. (July 15, 2010)

Marine One, President Obama's helicopter, at the Ford International Airport ready to take him to the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland (July 15, 2010)

President Barack Obama leaves Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to come to Holland, Mich. for the groundbreaking at LG Chem. (July 15, 2010)

A support plane for President Obama's trip to the LG Chem groundbreaking ceremony in Holland (July 15, 2010)

The electric Ford Focus will use batteries made by LG Chem in Holland (July 15, 2010)

The Chevy Volt will use electric batteries made by LG Chem in Holland (July 15, 2010)

A Chevy Volt and a Ford Focus will each use batteries made by LG Chem. President Obama will be at the groundbreaking ceremony in Holland (July 15, 2010)

Final touches are put together for President Obama's visit to LG Chem in Holland (July 15, 2010)

Media outlets, including 24 Hour News 8, set up for live shots of President Obama's speech at the LG Chem groundbreaking in Holland (July 15, 2010)

Preparations are underway for President Obama's visit to the groundbreaking at the LG Chem facility in Holland (July 14, 2010)

Preparations are underway for President Obama's visit to the groundbreaking at the LG Chem facility in Holland (July 14, 2010)

Longtime Holland resident Ruth Corlett (July 14, 2010)

The LG Chem facility in Holland (July 14, 2010)