Project Traits
State: Indiana
Congressional District: IN08
Organization Type: Commercial
Partner Organization(s) Type: None or Unknown
Energy Sector: Energy Storage, Transportation
Energy Subsector: EV Batteries,
Project Start Year: 2023
Project Launch Year: 2027
Government Support Received: Federal Grant [Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Grants program (BIL)] for $200,000,000Federal Tax Credit [Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C)] for $201,980,144
Outcomes & Impacts
Private Investment: $1,500,000,000
Jobs Announced or Created: 642
People Served: Unknown
Projected Economic Impact: Unknown
ENTEK, the only US-owned and US-based producer of ‘wet-process’ lithium-ion battery separator materials, announced plans today to establish operations in Indiana, investing $1.5 billion in a new Terre Haute production facility.
The project, which marks Entek;s largest investment thus far, will create up to 642 new, high-wage jobs by the end of 2027 and support the growing electric vehicle (EV) industry in Indiana and across the United States.
ENTEK, a global company headquartered in Lebanon, Oregon, will invest $1.5 billion to establish operations on a 340-acre greenfield site in the Vigo County Industrial Park II in Terre Haute. The company plans to initially construct four buildings covering approximately 1.4 million square feet – equipped with equipment built at current ENTEK manufacturing facilities in Oregon and Nevada and including specialty biaxial stretching equipment supplied by Brueckner Group USA – to manufacture battery separators for lithium-ion battery manufacturers across the United States.