Battery Maker to Build Cathode Powder Plant in North America

Lithium-ion battery company Lithium Werks said Wednesday that it is in the process of selecting a location in North America to open a new manufacturing facility for cathode powders and electrodes.

The plant has a planned initial capacity of 4 GWh of cathode powders and a similar capacity for finished electrodes, according to a company release. Once operational, the facility will manufacture Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cathode powders and the firm’s patented Nanophosphate powder. Electrodes made at the site will be sold to lithium-ion battery producers.

“We are pleased to make this announcement which will be a quantum leap forward for North American cell producers supplying two key steps in the North American Lithium-ion battery supply chain,” Lithium Werks CEO and co-founder T. Joseph Fisher III said in a statement.

Lithium Werks will implement newly created proprietary production processes in the plant to improve its sustainability profile and lower costs.

The company intends to make a decision on a potential location for the plant in the fourth quarter of 2021.