29 September 2026
Wickens Engineering launched Batt-Rack: Controlled Battery Storage at CARS and MRE 2026, as part of ESS Expo at the NEC Birmingham on 16-17 September.
The stand drew an impressive stream of enquiries from Authorised Treatment Facilities, dismantlers, metal recyclers and yard managers, keen to see how Batt-Rack works to protect their own sites.
Batt-Rack has been engineered to combine capacity and thermal runaway control in a single enclosure, giving operators a safer, more compact way to hold lithium-ion batteries rather than relying on shipping containers and yard space. Each unit can include an integrated sprinkler system, a fire-rated roller shutter door and a canopy roof with a ventilated air gap, with optional thermal and gas detection available to flag a failing cell early. Visitors to the Wickens stand were keen to talk through how their own yards currently store EV batteries, other battery-powered equipment and waste. Batt-Rack is the purpose engineered system which solves the battery storage crisis that so many operators are facing.
PHOTO From left to right, Lois Taylor, Marketing Manager, Terry Livesey, Marketing Director, Stephen Grosvenor, Sales Manager and Mark Rawling, Operations Director
The amount of interest that Batt-Rack generated at ESS showed us first-hand how desperate the industry is for a battery storage solution and confirmed why we built Batt-Rack the way we did. The conversations we had at the show will shape how we roll out over the coming months.
Lois Taylor Marketing Manager at Wickens Engineering
Anyone who missed the show can find full details on Batt-Rack at www.wickens.co.uk/products/batt-rack or get in touch directly at sales@wickens.co.uk