1st West Midlands Battery EcoSystem Conference & Expo
Date: 4th November 2024,
Venue: Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Coventry CV7 9JU
Our expert team Colin Rouse and Georgia Wardle exhibited at this special 1 day Enabled Future event on building a healthy battery ecosystem in the West Midlands.
The event featured presentations and panels of battery ecosystem experts and industry leaders, network with over 100 battery supply chain participants and even test drive EV’s with local retailers.
Read more about the event from Georgia here:
Yesterday had the pleasure of exhibiting at the 1st West Midlands Battery EcoSystem Conference & Expo organised b, CEO of . We had our stand alongside exhibitors from future-thinking organisationsand it was interesting to learn about our areas of industry overlap - Michelle thoroughly encouraged collaboration and crossover, with the common goal of driving material innovation.Alongside the exhibitions, we listened to a range of industry experts conducting both individual talks and panel discussions. Amongst those, it was especially enlightening to hear from , Commercial Director of UKBIC ; Dr , Chief Engineer of Component Technologies at the MTC; and Dr , Research Fellow at the Met4Tech UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals. Naseer discussed the important work undertaken at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), funded by the in a push to a greener battery future and net zero. UKBIC fulfills a unique missing link between promising lab prototypes and full-scale production, allowing new designs to be tested and produced in large quantities. Members of our team had the opportunity to visit earlier in the year, and saw the vast scale of lab capabilities available to researchers. Mickey and Gavin both discussed the importance of battery recycling, to develop a sustainable circular battery economy, focused on reducing waste, making the most out of raw materials, and designing recycling processes to be green and cost-effective. Of particular interest to PI-KEM was the concept of designing new batteries with recycling in mind, placing this at the start of the process instead of the end. Since we support new battery researchers, we hope this is something we see becoming a more common branch of interest.
Finally, we would like to thank everyone who came over to visit our stand to talk to either . Whether familiar faces, new customers, or people interested in the battery components we had on display, it was great to have the chance to talk about what we do, and learn more about other businesses in the battery space. Thanks again to Dr Michelle Lynch FRSC for hosting us and providing a lovely lunch and a plentiful supply of hot drinks.
