LuxWall recently hosted Michigan dignitaries, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The company celebrated the opening of a new clean-energy manufacturing facility in Litchfield, Michigan, where it will manufacture vacuum insulating glass (VIG)—including for residential.
Spurred by millions in investments, the new facility will create more than 450 jobs, where the company focuses on designing and developing VIG. Company officials say LuxWall chose Michigan over other states for two new manufacturing facilities. The Litchfield location offered several incentives, including existing space and energy infrastructure.
Officials add that the new site is the world’s first high-volume VIG production factory, featuring two facilities housing manufacturing, quality control, office space and laboratories.
With the new facility, the company aims to achieve scale and validate its manufacturing ability in commercial volumes. It also plans to open a facility in Detroit, which will triple production capacity. The two sites will manufacture VIG sold to residential and commercial customers in the United States, Canada and Europe.
According to officials, funding for the project came from a $6 million performance-based grant from the Michigan Business Development Program, along with $31 million in federal cost-sharing from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Affordable Clean Energy Act. LuxWall funded $165 million.
LuxWall has also received investments from Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Prelude Ventures, Baruch Future Ventures, 2150 and Khosla Ventures.