# ENTEK breaks ground on $1.5B lithium battery separator plant in Terre Haute, Indiana

ENTEK broke ground on a $1.5 billion lithium-ion battery separator plant in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 1.4-million-square-foot facility will produce up to 1.4 billion square meters of separators per year and create over 640 jobs by 2027.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-09-06
- Where: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
- Value: $1.50B
- Jobs: 640
- Starts operating: 2027
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.4 billion square meters per year
- Products: lithium-ion battery separators
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [ENTEK](https://endata.com/companies/38556.md)

## Sources

- [claycorp.com](https://claycorp.com/latest/entek-manufacturer-of-lithium-battery-separators-breaks-ground-on-1-5b-production-facility-in-terre-haute-indiana), 2023-09-06: "ENTEK broke ground on a $1.5 billion separator plant in Terre Haute, Indiana today."

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