NORTH CAROLINA
Epsilon Advanced Materials Pvt Ltd is planning to construct a synthetic graphite anode manufacturing plant in Brunswick County. The project scope includes construction of 1.5 million sq ft of building space and equipment foundations; purchase and erection of storage vessels and structural steel; and purchase and installation of raw material receiving, handling and storage systems, sintering furnaces, and grinding, classifying, deagglomeration, carbon coating, mechanical treatment, thermal purification and loadout equipment. Initially, the plant will have the capacity to produce 30,000 metric tons of synthetic graphite anodes per year for use in electric vehicle batteries. A construction schedule is being developed; the plant is expected to be operational by 2026. Estimated EPC cost is $650 million. Epsilon Advanced Materials Pvt Ltd., Upadrastha House, 48, Dr. V.B. Gandhi Marg, Fort, Mumbai, 400023, India. IR#NC231025.
NORTH CAROLINA
Forge Battery, a newly formed subsidiary of Forge Nano, Inc. is planning to establish a lithium-ion battery gigafactory in Morrisville. The project’s scope includes construction of equipment foundations; installation of atomic layer deposition equipment; and purchase and installation of automated conveyors, and raw material storage, mixing, robotic assembly and handling, testing and packaging equipment. Equipment will be installed in the recently constructed, 100,000-200,000-sq-ft CaMP Morrisville building. The plant is expected to begin production in 2026. Forge Battery will use the plant to produce lithium-ion battery cells for the defense, aerospace and specialty electric vehicle industries. The project’s estimated EPC cost is $165 million. Forge Battery, 12300 Grant St., Thornton, Colo., 80241. IR#NC231109.
OREGON
Ash Grove Cement Co. is planning to build a new cement finish mill at its cement plant in Durkee. Project scope includes construction of equipment foundations; purchase and erection of structural steel; installation of a grinding mill; and purchase and installation of conveying, screening, cooling and dust collection equipment. Construction is expected to begin in first quarter 2024. The mill will produce low-carbon cement. The estimated EPC cost is $50 million. Ash Grove Cement Co., 33060 Shirttail Creek Road, Durkee, 97905. IR#OR231003.
