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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] SK Signet, an electric vehicle charger manufacturing and sales subsidiary of SK Group, announced on the 27th that it has signed its first order with Terawatt Infrastructure, a U.S. electric vehicle charging station operator.

SK Signet, the No. 1 company in the U.S. super-fast charging market, began its first transaction last month after practical discussions and on-site due diligence with terawatt infrastructure since last year. SK Signet is the predecessor of Signet System, which was established in 1998.

Terawatt Infrastructure was founded by Neha Palmer, a former general manager of Google's energy strategy, and is a unicorn company that attracted more than 1.4 trillion won in investment (unlisted company with corporate value of more than 1 trillion won).

Through this contract, SK Signet expects to meet the detailed criteria of the By America Act, which requires more than a certain percentage of U.S. parts in electric vehicle chargers. In the middle of this month, the U.S. government announced specific standards for applying the By-America law to electric vehicle chargers. In addition to the existing final assembly conditions in the U.S., standards have been added to require the use of external cases using U.S. steel.

SK Signet emphasized that this deal will maintain a long-term partnership with Terawatt Infrastructure.

 

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