Custom battery design and manufacturing company Raeon has opened a new test and validation centre at MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton, UK.
The facility enables temperature cycling, high-power testing, thermal shock, high-altitude low-pressure testing, charge and discharge cycling, humidity testing, and active cooling characterization. The testing capabilities target custom battery applications across automotive, defense, marine, motorsport, warehousing, robotics, eVTOL, drones, and off-highway sectors.
“This expansion is a crucial step in our mission to make custom batteries accessible and justifiable for a wider range of industries, not just the highest volume applications,” said Murray Schofield, CEO and CTO of Raeon. “Our proprietary FloLock technology, combined with AI-driven design, allows us to deliver custom batteries at lower costs and up to 80% faster than traditional solutions, with prototype batteries delivered within 12 weeks.”
The company aims to address challenges in niche markets where cost and lead time for custom battery development have been prohibitive. Raeon’s manufacturing process includes resin encapsulation and dual-layer bus bar technology which enable the rapid scaling of designs and production of various shapes and sizes from a single production line.
The test and validation centre will provide certification processes for custom-configured batteries, reducing delivery times to customers. Testing capabilities support battery validation across multiple environmental and operational conditions required for aerospace and defense applications.
