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. Construction was completed in 2025, but the start of production was repeatedly postponed for want of offtake customers (Business Post, March 2026). In August 2026, having obtained its integrated IPPC permit, the plant was in the final preparation and verification phase ahead of full-scale production (The Guru, 6 Aug 2026) – commercial output had not yet begun. The June open days were a recruitment event, not confirmation of a production start.
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- Announced2022
- Construction start2022
- Original date2024
Change history
- 2022stage: 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.
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- Notes from Poland11 Jul 2022InvestorCostAnnouncedOriginal date
Investor · AnnouncedSK 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
Costhas inaugurated the construction of a 3 billion zloty (€627 million) factory in the southeastern Polish city of Stalowa Wola
Original dateNexilis 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.pl10 Jan 2025Construction start
Construction startSK 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 Biznes30 Dec 2024Funding
Locationbudowy zakładu produkcyjnego folii miedzianej w Stalowej Woli
FundingSK Nexilis, największy na świecie producent folii miedzianej, otrzymał od polskiego rządu dotację w wysokości 545 milionów złotych (133 miliony dolarów).
- WysokieNapiecie.pl2022
- The Korea Herald19 Feb 2023
- The Korea Herald26 Dec 2024Status
Statusat its plant under construction in Stalowa Wola, eastern Poland
- Echo Dnia PodkarpackieJun 2026
- Funding
FundingThe total investment of SKC and its wholly-owned subsidiary SK Nexilis, which specialises in the production of copper foils, is stated at 900 billion won or about 693 million euros.
- 비즈니스포스트 (Business Post)1 Mar 2026StatusStage
Status · Stage폴란드 공장은 지난해 준공했음에도 수요처를 찾지 못해 가동 시점을 연기해왔다.
- 더구루 (The Guru)6 Aug 2026StageStatus
Stage · Status현재 공장은 본격적인 생산을 앞두고 최종 준비와 검증 단계에 진입했다.