A Midlands-based precision stamping specialist is set to play a significant role in the development of cleaner mobility solutions. Tech company Saietta has selected Brandauer to be part of a new consortium that has won an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) grant to fast-track production on new electric propulsion motors for use in vehicles from scooters to buses.

Axial Flux Traction technology is said to mark a step-change in how the sector can make electric vehicles go faster for longer. Production specialists at the Birmingham-based firm will use their thin-gauge stamping and progression tool-making expertise to produce busbars and laminations for use in the state-of-the-art motors.

A nomination has secured £500,000 of R&D funding for Brandauer, with the potential to generate up to £1m of new sales in the first 12 months following project completion and more revenue to follow as manufacturing volumes increase.

“Providing cleaner transport is a major global opportunity for the UK and we are delighted to be part of the Saietta consortium to help bring important new technologies to market,” explains Rowan Crozier CEO of Brandauer. “We are heavily involved in providing specialist busbars and laminates to a number of clients in the electrification field, and this latest project will give us the perfect platform to use our ‘manufacturing to microns’ expertise to make a major difference in supporting the development of greener vehicles.”

The APC research contract will enable Saietta to ramp up production capacity to 150,000 motors per annum and trigger the hiring of 150-250 highly skilled engineers in the first round of recruitment.

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