Facility
e-VAC Magnetics Sumter
Sintered NdFeB permanent magnet plant in Sumter County, South Carolina — e-VAC Magnetics' first U.S. facility, announced December 2023 with $94.1 million in DoD equipment funding, awarded a $111.9 million Section 48C tax credit in 2024, shipping first magnets in December 2025, and formally opened July 15, 2026 with a nameplate capacity of about 2,000 metric tons per year.
Location: Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Magnets
Sintered NdFeB permanent magnet production
Mass-production-grade sintered NdFeB permanent magnet manufacturing for automotive traction motors and defense applications
Material flow
NdFeB Alloy → Sintered NdFeB Magnet
Capacity
2,000 t/year · Product mass · Target · as of Dec 12, 2025
2,000 t/year · Product mass · Nameplate · as of Jul 16, 2026
Qualification
Sources
- South Carolina Department of Commerce · published Dec 13, 2023 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive
- e-VAC Magnetics (PR Newswire) · published Apr 9, 2024 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive
- e-VAC Magnetics · published Dec 12, 2025 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive
- eVAC Magnetics / VACUUMSCHMELZE (VAC) Group · published Jul 16, 2026 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive unavailable: No Wayback snapshot found via redirect and follow probes on the 2026-08-12 backfill pass; capture remains queued
- GlobalSecurity.org (reprint of DoD contract announcements for May 26, 2026) · published May 26, 2026 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive unavailable: No Wayback snapshot found via redirect and follow probes on the 2026-08-12 backfill pass; capture remains queued