Enhancing Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in Tennessee
In early 2025, Gresham Smith joined Duksan Electera’s leadership, Gov. Bill Lee, local, and state officials, as well as industry leaders in celebrating the grand opening of the project. The new facility will be the largest of its kind in North American, provide 101 jobs and supply roughly 60,000 tons of electrolytes to battery makers in the Southeast U.S., according to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. Electrolytes are battery components that transfer ions between a battery’s two electrodes in lithium-ion batteries.
A Comprehensive Suite of Services
The plant consists of 220,000 square feet of building area and 50,000 square feet of outdoor tank storage. The main production building consists of raw material storage including refrigerated storage areas, mixing/production activities, finished product storage and the associated material/product testing. The facility also includes a two-story Class-A office to support business and plant activities. Due to the sensitive nature of the raw materials and liquid electrolyte product, strict environmental control is required in designated areas including dry room, ISO 6 clean room, refrigerated warehouse, and raw product storage and moisture removal areas. In addition, because of the chemicals present in the facility, enhanced fire protection measures have been implemented to deliver a facility compliant with the various governing codes.