Globally leading Li-ion battery group Farasis announces to set up battery factory in Bitterfeld-Wolfen

Beginning at the end of 2022, the production capacity is to be expanded continuously on an annual basis from an initial 6 to 10 Gigawatt hours (GWh) purely for electric vehicles and at least 600 new jobs will be created.

Europe's first gigafactory for battery storage systems

The new production line, warehouse and offices will be fully supplied with solar energy, and by the final phase, annual production will have reached over one GWh in an area of 20,000 sqm. 

Porsche comes to Saxony-Anhalt

Car body parts are to manufactured on a 13 hectare area in the “Star Park Halle” from 2021. 100 new jobs will be created.

Further automotive investments in Saxony-Anhalt

> HORIBA FuelCon site expansion

• Leading manufacturer of test systems for fuel cells & batteries acquires 29,000m² of property

> Haseloff: Hydrogen is an ideal storage medium for renewable energies

• New hydrogen research project "HYPOS:H2-Netz" at Chemical Park Bitterfeld-Wolfen and a hydrogen filling station for Halle