Carson City’s Redwood Materials, Inc. expands facility, breaks ground near Tesla in massive expansion
Redwood Materials, Inc., Carson City’s own eco-friendly recycling center, is expanding its capital city facility as well as expanding the company into the industrial park near Tesla on 100 acres to build a battery recycling center for electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, smart phones, tablets and more.
The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center area is not unfamiliar to Redwood Material’s CEO JB Straubel, who helped co-found Tesla and worked as CTO for 15 years with the company. Redwood Materials opened in Carson City in 2017 and in April of this year received over $400,000 in tax abatements over the next 10 years for its capital city facility.
According to the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, Redwood Materials, Inc. will create an estimated 109 new jobs in the first five years of expansion in Carson City at an average weighted hourly wage of $30.77, and will make $5.1 million in capital equipment investment and generate $3.7 million in tax revenue over the next 10 years.
The facility, located at 2801 Lockheed Way in Carson City, currently spans 150,000 square feet, but will be expanding up to 550,000 square feet following the agreement of the tax abatements.
With taking up residence so close to the Gigafactory in the industrial park, Redwood Materials will have close access to old, defunct batteries from electric cars, renewable energy grid storage, manufacturing, and more, all of which are projected to only increase in popularity in the coming years.
Are you interested in recycling your old lithium based technology with Redwood Materials? Devices may be dropped off or sent to:
Redwood Materials
Attn: Consumer Recycle Program
2401 Conestoga Dr.
Carson City, NV 89706
To learn more about Redwood Materials, Inc., please visit www.redwoodmaterials.com/