With $370 million in facility-specific investment and 150 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The battery manufacturing context.
Battery manufacturing has become one of the largest concentrations of new industrial investment in the United States. A network of cell plants is taking shape across the Midwest and Southeast, connecting automakers, battery producers, critical-material suppliers and energy-storage markets. Federal production incentives have accelerated that build-out, while the next test will be whether announced capacity converts into sustained domestic production.
At a glance
- Company
- Mitra Chem
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- Egelston Township, Michigan
- Investment
- $370.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 150
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- Sep 20, 2024
- Expected opening
- 2028
- Added to tracker
- Oct 6, 2026
Official references
- Office of Governor Whitmer: economic growth announcement (Mitra Chem revised project) https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2026/08/05/whitmer-celebrates-groundbreaking-of-fairlife-expansion-highlights-economic-growth
- Michigan Economic Development Corporation: economic growth announcement https://www.michiganbusiness.org/press-releases/2026/08/fairlife-expansion-highlights-economic-growth/
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