Battery Resourcers is set to build two facilities in the US to accelerate the growth of its lithium-ion battery recycling and manufacturing business model.
The new facilities in Massachusetts and Michigan mark a step in Battery Resourcers’ scaling-up pilot operations before continued commercial expansion in North America and Europe.
A facility in Westborough, Massachusetts, will process black mass to cathode precursor material and purify the recovered graphite to a level higher than 99.9%.
The company’s battery material research and development team will be relocated to Westborough to integrate laboratory development and increase manufacturing scaling efforts.
The Novi, Michigan, facility will support the company’s goal of developing and commercialising battery materials, including the sintering and finishing of nickel manganese cobalt cathode.
The Novi site also contains a state-of-the-art materials analytical laboratory, as well as laboratory-scale battery production and test capabilities, to evaluate the performance of its battery materials.
The new pilot plants are in addition to Battery Resourcers’ operation in Worcester, Massachusetts.
As part of the expansion, the operation center in Worcester will be converted into a mechanical shredding operation, including disassembly, discharge and shredding operation for cells, modules and complete battery packs.