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Japan''s UBE has broken ground in Louisiana on a DMC and EMC plant – key components for lithium-ion batteries in EVs and battery
UBE says the EV battery material plant, which will be constructed and managed through its 100% US subsidiary, UBE C1 Chemicals America, will produce 100,000 tons of DMC annually and 40,000 tons of EMC derived from DMC annually.
“All these battery manufacturing facilities in the US they'll be able to source all this stuff domestically, which means a shorter supply chain, a more cost-effective supply chain and better integration in the US,” Tom Yura, chief operating officer and site director of UBE's American subsidiary, was quoted as saying by The Times-Picayune.
The new plant will produce DMC using UBE's proprietary gas-phase nitrite process, which features lower energy consumption, higher quality, and fewer by-products and impurities compared to ethylene-based process, the company said.
UBE estimates its new facility will be capable of producing 100,000 metric tons of DMC per year and 40,000 metric tons of EMC, derived from DMC, annually. The company expects construction to begin before the end of the year, pending all necessary permit approvals.
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