# Staropower plans 100 billion yuan lithium battery separator plant in Nantong

Staropower plans to invest 100 billion yuan in Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone to build a lithium battery separator R&D and production project, with three phases totaling 3 billion square meters of wet separator and coated separator capacity per year. Phase 1 and 2 will build 12 wet separator lines for 2 billion square meters capacity, with construction starting by end of September 2021 and production starting January 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-09-07
- Where: Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $15.5B (100.0B CNY)
- Starts operating: Jan 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3 billion square meters per year (total), 2 billion square meters per year (phase 1 and 2)
- Products: wet lithium-ion battery separators, coated separators
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Shenzhen Staropower New Materials Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/57585.md)

## Sources

- [news.smm.cn](https://news.smm.cn/news/101591555), 2021-09-07: "星源材质拟投资人民币100亿元在南通经济技术开发区投资建设锂电池隔膜的研发和生产项目。"

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