The largest PVDF factory in North America is breaking ground!

On April 25th, Sysenqo broke ground at its battery grade polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) factory in Augusta, Georgia. After completion, the factory will become the largest PVDF production facility in North America, meeting the growing demand of the domestic energy storage market in the United States.

As an important milestone in Sysenqo's global electrification strategy, the factory will help create the necessary battery material - PVDF - to unlock the entire economy of electrification and the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). PVDF is a thermoplastic fluoropolymer mainly used as a positive electrode adhesive and separator coating in batteries. Specifically, the new factory will produce Solef ®， This is Siensqo's iconic PVDF product, which allows electric vehicles to travel further each time they charge, prolonging battery life and improving battery safety.

It is estimated that by 2030, the factory's annual PVDF will be used for over 5 million electric vehicle batteries, accounting for 45% of the expected domestic PVDF demand in the United States by 2030, to meet the rapidly growing US electric vehicle battery market.
It is understood that the Augusta factory is part of a joint venture between Synesqo and Orbita. Obia and Sysenqo plan to build two production bases: one is a finished product production base located in Augusta, Georgia, and the other is a production base located in San Gabriel, Louisiana, for converting raw materials into required intermediates. The two factories are expected to start production in 2026.
The CEO of SYENSQO said, "With the unveiling of the development of the facility in Augusta, we are turning our ambition to help protect our planet and drive human development into action. We are proud to contribute to shaping the future of energy storage, unleashing the market potential of electrification and promoting the adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. The groundbreaking of our new factory marks an important milestone in the company's development and the sustained growth of the electric vehicle industry in the United States.".

The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains of the US Department of Energy has provided a grant of $178 million to Sienqo to help build the facility, with the aim of expanding domestic manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle and battery related materials.