EcoPro's Hungarian cathode material plant completed, annual production capacity about 50,000 tons - South Korean media

EcoPro, a manufacturer of secondary battery materials, announced that it held a completion ceremony for a factory run by its local subsidiary in Debrecen, Hungary.
The Debrecen plant covers an area of approximately 440,000 square meters.
The facility is home to EcoPro BM, which produces lithium, EcoPro Innovation, which processes lithium, and EcoPro AP, which processes industrial oxygen and nitrogen.
The annual production capacity of lithium hydroxide in the Innovation Building is 8,000 tons, and the AP Building has an oxygen production capacity of 16,000 square meters per hour.
EcoPro plans to mass-produce three-former cathode materials, such as NCA (nickel-cobalt-aluminum) and NCM (nickel-cobalt-manganese), from 2026. After that, L
The company will expand its portfolio to include mid- to low-cost products such as FP (lithium iron phosphate Eon batteries). The company plans to increase the total annual production capacity of its cathode material plants in Hungary to 108,000 tons.
The cathode materials produced at the Hungarian plant will be supplied with cheap nickel from a refinery in Indonesia that EcoPro has invested in. The plant will be automated and utilize cutting-edge manufacturing technology.
This allows for significant cost savings.