UK Enterprise Awards 2019

55 | SME NEWS - UK Enterprise Awards 2019 May19129 With over 30 years’ experience in the design, manufacture and supply of bespoke batteries and charging systems, Lincad is able to offer clients from across a variety of industries the solutions they need. To celebrate the firm’s success in the 2019 UK Excellence Awards we profile it and discuss how far it has come over the past three decades. Best Specialist Batteries Manufacturer 2019 Since its establishment in 1986 Lincad has been producing innovative solutions that are at the cutting-edge of the latest technology. Today the company attributes its more than 30-year success to its long-standing expertise in taking product performance to new limits, producing lighter, more energetic and powerful batteries with faster, more flexible charging solutions. Working with clients ranging from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and international defence primes through to clients in the medical profession and the petrochemical industry, Lincad is able to create bespoke batteries and chargers that will suit a variety of needs. Alongside its industry-leading capability providing batteries and charging technology, the firm boasts an unrivalled record of experience in lightening the load on the UK’s armed services personnel serving on the front line, and it is this that sets the firm apart from its competitors and marks it out as the best possible option for some of the UK’s largest contracts supplying batteries to the MOD and defence firms. Currently at the forefront of lithium-ion battery technology, Lincad is on a mission to meet ever evolving market needs. In order to achieve this, the firm continues to invest significantly in its people and in new technologies, working tirelessly to provide clients with innovative solutions that will meet their needs. The firm invests heavily in keeping abreast of the latest technologies and has its own dedicated R&D function. As part of this approach, the firm is constantly exploring how the latest market trends are affecting client requirements and adapting its product offering to suit. In the current market there is clearly an ongoing trend towards greater energy and power within batteries. As concerns about climate change continue to increase, Lincad is seeing a huge growth in the electric vehicle (EV) market as well as in industrial and commercial energy storage. This is having a significant impact on battery cell suppliers. Helping to drive these developments is the UK Government’s support for The Faraday Institution, an independent organisation involving academia and industry in furthering progress in electrochemical energy storage science and technology. Lincad will work alongside such industry peers to consistently deliver the revolutionary solutions its clients need and expect. Being based in the UK and as a specialist supplier to the MOD, Lincad is able to help cement the country’s position as a world leader in innovation within the battery and charging technology. After all, the UK has a worldwide reputation for the strength of its academic research base and for its bespoke manufacturing capabilities. Therefore, Lincad is a key part of a national contribution to world-leading technological developments. Seeking to build upon its already extensive success, moving forward Lincad will be expanding, both in the UK and internationally. Within the market currently there is a global drive towards electrification across a whole range of platforms, and as a renowned thought-leader Lincad expects to be developing larger, more energetic, more powerful, and greener batteries than ever before. Company: Lincad | Contact: Peter Slade Website: https://www.lincad.co.uk/