Nano One's Candiac LFP capacity expansion is 85% through engineering, with 95% of equipment sourced from North America and Europe. Commissioning targeted for H1 2027.
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Nano One Materials said its Candiac, Quebec, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) production expansion is 85% through detailed engineering, with commissioning targeted for the first half of 2027. The project will bring total capacity to roughly 800 tonnes per year.
Major equipment purchase orders closed in March. Some equipment has already arrived at the Candiac facility. Vendors for the remaining smaller items have been selected, and final purchase orders are expected by the end of August. The company said 95% of the project’s equipment, measured by procurement cost, comes from North America and Europe. All IP-sensitive equipment is sourced from those regions.
The expansion integrates and automates an existing full-scale 20-cubic-meter reactor whose design can be replicated in modular fashion. The Candiac facility runs Nano One’s One-Pot process in production-intent equipment, which the company says de-risks adoption for potential licensees. Alongside the expansion, the lines generate commercial sales and support customer sample qualification, product and process improvement, and raw material validation.
Denis Geoffroy, Nano One’s chief operating officer, said the Candiac facility “demonstrates the One-Pot process in full-scale, production-intent equipment, de-risking adoption and enabling Nano One’s Design One Build Many licensing and joint-venture model.”
Nano One’s licensing model lets cathode producers adopt the One-Pot technology without building their own demonstration line. Cell manufacturers can keep working with existing supply chain partners. The company offers two paths: customers with a preferred engineering vendor can license the technology directly and engineer the line through a final investment decision; those seeking a more complete solution can procure an integrated CAM (cathode active material) package, which includes pre-qualified equipment vendors and raw material feedstocks. Worley’s technology solutions team supports project execution and deployment.
The Candiac facility allows customers to run sample validation cycles to secure large-volume offtakes before building a plant of their own. Operator training built on Nano One’s LFP manufacturing know-how is also available.
Nano One’s strategic collaborators include Sumitomo Metal Mining, Rio Tinto, and Worley. Rio Tinto (RTNTF) has an Alpha Score of 62, with a Moderate label, in the Basic Materials sector. The partnership is part of Nano One’s broader strategy to license its technology globally.
Commissioning of the expanded capacity remains on track for the first half of 2027, the company said.
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