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Hertha Metals breaks ground on Texas plant for magnet material
Hertha Metals has begun building a full-scale plant in Texas.
The US company plans to make material used in high-performance magnets there.
The plant is intended to help reduce US reliance on China for this material.
The company is backed by the Pentagon and Toyota, according to the headline.
High-performance magnets are used in products that depend on strong magnets.
Hertha Metals already has a demonstration facility in Texas.
The new plant is now under construction, but no opening date is given.
Hertha Metals has broken ground on a plant in Texas to make material used in high-performance magnets.
The American company aims to produce in the United States an ingredient currently sourced from China.
The plant is described as full-scale.
Hertha Metals is backed by the Pentagon and Toyota, according to Nikkei Asia's headline.
- Who
- Hertha Metals, an American company.
- What
- It has broken ground on a plant to make material used in high-performance magnets.
- When
- October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Texas, United States.
- Why
- To make the magnet material in the United States instead of China.
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- Company
- Hertha Metals
- Plant location
- Texas
- Plant scale
- Full-scale
- Intended product
- Material for high-performance magnets
- Sourcing aim
- Make the material in the United States instead of China
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