🔋 Batteries · Manteno, Illinois
Gotion: Manteno battery plant
💰 $2 billion👷 2,600 jobs (long-term goal; about 300 working there in late 2025)🏗️ Operating; assembling energy-storage systems, battery cell production plannedBattery energy-storage systems and planned lithium-ion cell production in a converted Kankakee County plant.
How to get on the sub list
The general contractor hasn't been announced publicly; watch local news and county permits.
Source: Daily Journal (Kankakee), Nov 2025 · checked Oct 25, 2026
How to get on the Gotion Manteno sub list
- Find the general contractor. It hasn't been announced publicly. Watch local news and Manteno's county building permits.
- Get prequalified. Have your insurance, safety record (EMR), licenses and references ready.
- Call the local economic development office. Illinois and its counties often run supplier fairs and keep vendor lists for projects like this.
- Have a one-page capability statement. Build yours in Launchpad.
Work sites like this typically buy locally:
Site work, paving and concreteElectrical, HVAC and plumbingTrucking, hauling and equipment rentalSecurity guardsJanitorial and industrial cleaningLandscaping and snow removalFencing, signage and maintenanceCatering, staffing and office supply
Win government work in Illinois while this one gets going
Cities, counties and state agencies in Illinois post new bids every week.
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Investment and job figures are the company's own announced numbers, from the linked source. Plans change; check the source for the latest. Contrax isn't affiliated with Gotion.