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March 29, 2024

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SK Innovation to spend W430b on LiBS plant in Poland

  • PUBLISHED :March 27, 2019 - 13:25
  • UPDATED :March 27, 2019 - 13:25
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SK Innovation said on March 27 that it will invest 430 billion won ($380 million) to build a lithium-ion battery separator plant in Poland, in a bid to meet growing demand for electric vehicle batteries.

The company, also a major EV battery maker, said it plans to start the construction of the LiBS plant in Silesian Voivodeship in the third quarter of the year, with the aim to begin production in 2021.


The plant with an annual production capacity of 340 million square meters is the second overseas LiBS plant following the plant set up in Changzhou in China.

In October, SK Innovation said it plans to spend 400 billion won to build the LiBS plant in China.

The separator is a key component of high capacity electric vehicle power packs that drive electric cars.

SK Innovation also said it would expand the capacity of its LiBS plant in South Korea to 530 million square meters from the current 360 million square meters.

When the construction of the LiBS plants in China and Poland is completed, SK Innovation will have an annual LiBS output of 1.21 billion square meters.

By Ram Garikipati and newswires (ram@heraldcorp.com)

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