A road leads to a bare plot of land prepped to be part of the I-40 Advantage Industrial Park in Brownsville, Tenn. Enchem America, Inc. planned to build a $152 million electrolyte manufacturing facility at the industrial park, but backed out of the agreement in September 2025. (Photo: Cassandra Stephenson)

A South Korean battery component maker has backed out of plans to build a $152.5 million electrolyte manufacturing facility that would have brought 190 jobs to Haywood County.

Enchem America announced its plan to build on the “shovel ready” I-40 Advantage Industrial Park in Brownsville in 2023.

The site is roughly 16 miles from BlueOval City, a massive electric vehicle manufacturing campus slated to produce Ford Motor Company’s new all-electric pickup truck and electric vehicle batter

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