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SK Nexilis copper foil factory in Stalowa Wola

under construction stage: construction
3.0 bn PLN
programme budget (multi-year) · 2022 prices ≈ 3.0 bn PLN (value-by-stage, est., nominal)

A plant producing copper foil for electric vehicle batteries, being built by the South Korean company SK Nexilis (SKC group) in Stalowa Wola. Construction was inaugurated in 2022, and production was originally planned to start in mid-2024; the schedule was delayed, among other reasons, due to the slowdown in the electric vehicle market. The declared value of the investment is approx. PLN 3 billion, and the target production capacity is approx. 50 thousand tonnes of foil per year, which is to make the plant the largest facility of its kind in Europe. At the turn of 2024 and 2025 the project received a grant from the Polish government of PLN 545 million (approx. USD 133 million) under the EU Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework. According to local press reports from June 2026, the plant began production of copper foil (this status requires confirmation in a verifiable source).

How it went

Assessment: too early to assess. Signals only where documented.

Delivery partial

Timeline

  1. Announced 2022
  2. Construction start 2022
  3. Original date 2024

Change history

  • 2022 stage: construction

Significance

The factory is intended to strengthen the domestic supply chain for electromobility, providing copper foil used in the batteries of electric vehicles. The investment, with a target capacity of approx. 50 thousand tonnes per year, is to create over 500 jobs in the region and fits into the expansion of European cell production facilities; the plant was to supply copper foil to, among others, Northvolt.

Sources 7 · 5 archived

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  1. Korean firm invests €627m to build electric vehicle component plant in Poland ↗ archived ✓
    Notes from Poland 11 Jul 2022
    StatusStageInvestorCostAnnouncedOriginal date
    Investor „SK Nexilis, a South Korean manufacturer of copper foil used in electric-car batteries, has inaugurated the construction of a 3 billion zloty (€627 million) factory"
    Cost „has inaugurated the construction of a 3 billion zloty (€627 million) factory in the southeastern Polish city of Stalowa Wola"
    Original date „Nexilis wants the copper foil factory, located in a special investment zone established last year, to be up and running by mid-2024"
  2. SK Nexilis otrzymał od Polski dotację 133 mln USD i zbuduje w Stalowej Woli fabrykę do produkcji folii miedzianej ↗ archived ✓
    Mikrokontroler.pl 10 Jan 2025
    StatusStageConstruction startCost
    Stage „SK Nexilis rozpoczął budowę fabryki w 2022 roku"
  3. SK Nexilis z dotacją 545 mln zł na budowę zakładu produkcji folii miedzianej w Stalowej Woli ↗ archived ✓
    Carpatia Biznes 30 Dec 2024
    locations „budowy zakładu produkcyjnego folii miedzianej w Stalowej Woli"
  4. Ruszyła budowa fabryki folii miedzianej SK Nexilis o wartości 3 mld zł w Stalowej Woli ↗
    WysokieNapiecie.pl 2022
    StatusStageCost
  5. SK Nexilis signs W1.4tr copper foil deal with Northvolt ↗ archived ✓
    The Korea Herald 19 Feb 2023
  6. SKC's copper foil plant secures $133m subsidy in Poland ↗ archived ✓
    The Korea Herald 26 Dec 2024
    StatusStage
    Status „at its plant under construction in Stalowa Wola, eastern Poland"
  7. Dni Otwarte w koreańskim zakładzie SK nexilis Poland w Stalowej Woli ↗
    Echo Dnia Podkarpackie Jun 2026