# Clayco breaks ground on $1.5B Entek battery separator plant in Indiana

Clayco broke ground on a $1.5 billion manufacturing facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, for Entek to produce lithium-ion battery separator materials. The project includes four buildings across 1.4 million square feet and is partly funded by a $200 million DOE grant.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-09-06
- Where: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
- Value: $1.50B
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 2027
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.4 billion square meters of ceramic coated lithium separators per year (phase one)
- Products: lithium-ion battery separator materials
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Clayco](https://endata.com/companies/10383.md)
- [ENTEK](https://endata.com/companies/38556.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [constructiondive.com](https://www.constructiondive.com/news/clayco-breaks-ground-1-billion-indiana-manufacturing-entek/692767/), 2023-09-06: "The $1.5 billion campus project illustrates the current onshoring boom happening across the U.S. construction landscape."

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