- Collaboration enables Raeon customers to move from prototype and low-volume production in the UK to industrial-scale output in Europe.
- Integrated manufacturing route designed to remove barriers between development and mass production.
- Target markets include defence, marine, advanced mobility, off-highway machinery and specialist automotive programmes.
- FloLock™ technology supports rapid deployment of tailored battery systems using a wide range of chemistries and formats.
Raeon has announced a new investment-backed partnership with Hidria, the European industrial technology company within the Gonvarri Industries group, strengthening its ability to support customers at every stage of battery production.
The announcement, made on World Battery Day, is intended to resolve the scaling challenges faced by manufacturers producing specialist electric vehicles and equipment.
Tom Brooks, COO and co-founder of Raeon said: “Historically, manufacturers in sectors like Marine Defence, Motorsport, and Niche Automotive have faced a binary choice: force-fit standard “off-the-shelf” modules that compromise vehicle performance, or pay unpalatable costs in non-recurring costs for bespoke mass-market solutions that become uncompetitive as battery technology evolves.
“This partnership offers a solution and avoids the need to compromise.”
Raeon’s FloLock™ encapsulation architecture enables the delivery of production-grade battery packs at low and medium volumes from its UK headquarters. The platform is chemistry-agnostic, allowing integration of LTO, Sodium Ion, NMC and LFP cells without retooling. Through the collaboration with Hidria, these designs can transition directly into large-scale European manufacturing.
Tom Brooks added: “We built Raeon to tackle the problem of battery cost and lead time. We set out to answer ‘how do lower volume vehicle manufacturers access their perfect battery without spending millions on development and waiting years and years?
“Whether you’re building 10 high-performance restomods or 500 autonomous defence vehicles, you need a battery that is optimised for your specific requirements – rarely does an ‘off-the-shelf’ battery tick all the boxes. This partnership with Hidria allows us to support our existing and future customers from their first production batch right through to global mass-market scale.”
The partnership focuses on sectors where reliability and custom engineering are essential and where standardised battery solutions are unsuitable.
Customers will benefit from an integrated production pathway, beginning with flexible UK manufacturing and progressing to Hidria’s high-volume European operations, which currently supply major OEM programmes.
Boštjan Berginc, Corporate Innovation and R&D Director at Hidria, commented: “At Hidria, we are committed to sustainable growth and technological excellence. Raeon’s innovative approach to battery assembly unlocks a vast new range of sectors for us, from electric forklifts to electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Together, we offer a complete lifecycle solution: agile, custom manufacturing in the UK backed by the industrial scale and financial stability of Gonvarri Industries in Europe.”
The model also helps manufacturers meet UK–EU trade requirements by ensuring that high-value battery assembly takes place within regional supply chains while maintaining access to global cell technologies.
For further information on bespoke battery development at all production volumes, contact [email protected].
