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Battery Technologies
capabilities and allow the business to deal with extremely high voltage applications . This has opened us up to customers in the EV and off-road vehicle market .
“ My belief is that if I ’ m trying to sell something to a customer , it must be visible to them . So , even though we didn ’ t have existing customer interest , it was important to demonstrate our capability . We ’ ve been showing off our abilities to new markets for two or three years now . Big customers know we can manage high voltage applications and scale quickly to meet their demands . The pandemic , while difficult in a lot of ways , also helped us prove our capability when it came to managing increased capacity .
“ With greater capacity and capability , comes increased demands on design . That ’ s where the Battery Technology Centre comes in . We have 12 state-of-the-art labs here , all of which are equipped with fire resistant material and round the clock CCTV .
“ Five of these labs are really high-powered
applications . The other seven can do midrange applications , which really increases our capability . The other half of the building is used for manufacturing . We added considerable production space onto the facility so that our team could work on bigger packs . Some of the packs we work on are considerable in size , and require lots of space , equipment , and attention to manufacture correctly - the Battery Technology Centre lets us do it with ease ,” Mark enthuses .
The company has also extended its manufacturing capabilities , with industryleading laser-welding technology . “ Our laser welding machines are the first of their kind , using the latest designs from market leading engineers . We ’ ve got the EV Flex model , which increases the flexibility of our manufacturing process tenfold . We can do layers of welding on pretty much any application , meaning it can be adapted for use in almost any sector .
“ This is important as it ensures our
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