# Dura Automotive opens $75M EV battery enclosure plant in Muscle Shoals

Dura Automotive Systems celebrated the grand opening of a new 200,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with a $75 million investment, to produce lightweight aluminum EV battery enclosures for Mercedes-Benz, employing over 270 workers at peak production.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-01-27
- Where: Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States
- Value: $75.0M
- Jobs: 270
- Starts operating: 27 Jan 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 200,000 square feet
- Products: lightweight aluminum EV battery enclosures
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Dura Automotive Systems](https://endata.com/companies/17282.md)
- [Mercedes-Benz](https://endata.com/companies/1875.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [durashiloh.com](https://durashiloh.com/dura-automotive-celebrates-grand-opening-of-muscle-shoals-high-tech-manufacturing-site-for-ev-battery-enclosures/), 2022-01-27: "This milestone event celebrates our continued partnership with customers to accelerate the transition to electrified, high-performance vehicles."
- [governor.alabama.gov](https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2022/01/governor-ivey-joins-dura-automotive-to-celebrate-grand-opening-of-high-tech-factory-in-muscle-shoals-for-ev-battery-enclosures/), 2022-01-27: "This milestone event celebrates our continued partnership with customers to accelerate the transition to electrified, high-performance vehicles."
- [al.com](https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2022/01/75-million-muscle-shoals-auto-supply-factory-opens.html), 2022-01-27: "Dura Automotive Systems celebrated the opening of the company's new Muscle Shoals manufacturing facility today."
- [businessalabama.com](https://businessalabama.com/dura-automotive-systems-opens-factory-in-muscle-shoals/), 2022-01-28: "Dura Automotive Systems opened its new manufacturing facility in Muscle Shoals Thursday."
- [assemblymag.com](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/96874-dura-opens-alabama-assembly-plant-for-ev-battery-enclosures), 2022-02-14: "Dura Automotive Systems has opened a new state-of-the-art assembly plant here to produce electric vehicle battery enclosures."

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