Locker Group

What Locker Group does

Locker Group is a privately held Australian industrial manufacturer founded in 1956 and headquartered in Dandenong, with 251–500 employees. The company manufactures and sells expanded and perforated metal products, wire, and materials handling products. Per available market intelligence, Locker Group is positioned as a key player in the Northern American nickel mesh current collector market, supplying components used in lithium-ion battery production for electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

The company's core technical offering centers on nickel mesh products engineered for battery current collector applications. It operates in a market projected to expand at a 6–9% CAGR through 2035, with battery applications forecast to exceed 75% of total nickel mesh consumption (up from 60–70% currently) and regional gigafactory production capacity expanding from 800 GWh to over 2,500 GWh annually. The United States represents the largest single regional market (70–80% of demand), and domestic suppliers face a structural opportunity given near 50% import dependence as North American capacity expansion lags consumption growth. Identified market peers include Nippon Seisen, Dexmet Corporation, and Haver & Boecker.

Pricing, distribution, and go-to-market mechanics are not publicly disclosed. Customer segmentation is organized vertically by use case—battery manufacturers as the primary segment and EV OEMs as a secondary segment—with the core pain point being reliable domestic supply of critical battery materials. No AI, software, or recurring-revenue product lines were disclosed; the business model is consistent with traditional industrial B2B manufacturing serving battery, EV, and broader materials handling customers.

Name

Locker Group

Website

https://locker.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Locker Group is an Australian industrial manufacturer founded in 1956, producing expanded and perforated metal products, wire, and materials handling products, with a market position in nickel mesh current collectors for battery manufacturers and EV OEMs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Wire & Metal Products

NAICS

Battery Manufacturing (33591)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAFABAF

Current Collectors & Foils (Copper, Aluminum) Manufacturing

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Energy Storage & Grid Flexibility (Batteries, Hydrogen Storage, Demand Response)/Battery Materials, Cells & Packs Manufacturing

Keywords

• Perforated metal products
• Expanded metal mesh
• Wire products
• Materials handling
• Nickel mesh products

Headquarters

HQ city

Dandenong

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Locker Group manufactures and sells expanded and perforated metal products, wire, and materials handling products. The company also supplies nickel mesh products that serve as current collectors in lithium-ion battery manufacturing for electric vehicle and energy storage applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Expanded metal products

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Nippon SeisenminorOthersIdentified as a competitor/key player in the Northern America nickel mesh current collector market alongside Locker Group.
• Dexmet CorporationminorOthersIdentified as a competitor/key player in the Northern America nickel mesh current collector market alongside Locker Group.
• Haver & BoeckerminorOthersIdentified as a competitor/key player in the Northern America nickel mesh current collector market alongside Locker Group.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• McNichols Industries: US-based distributor and fabricator of expanded metal, perforated metal, wire mesh, and grating products. Overlaps directly with Locker's expanded/perforated metal and wire product lines across industrial customers.
• Dexmet Corporation: US-based precision-engineered expanded and perforated metal foil manufacturer with a flagship battery current collector product line. Directly comparable to Locker Group as a key nickel-mesh supplier for lithium-ion battery production, both competing for the same gigafactory customers.
• Nippon Seisen: Japanese specialty wire and mesh producer with established battery-component exposure. Identified as a direct competitor to Locker in the Northern America nickel mesh current collector market, serving similar Li-ion cell manufacturers.
• Expanded Metal Corporation: Specialized manufacturer of expanded metal mesh products serving industrial, architectural, and battery-component customers. Closely aligned to Locker's core expanded metal product line and similar battery-mesh exposure.

Broad incumbents

• Haver & Boecker: Large German industrial group with a wire-weaving division producing engineered mesh for filtration and battery current collector applications. Identified as a key market peer alongside Locker; broader portfolio but directly overlapping in nickel mesh for batteries.
• GKD Group (Gebr. Kufferath): Leading global manufacturer of industrial wire mesh and woven metal fabrics with applications spanning filtration, architecture, and increasingly battery current collectors. Comparable to Locker in expanded/perforated/woven metal product capability and battery-component end-market exposure.
• Sumitomo Metal Mining: Japanese materials major producing battery-grade copper foil and nickel-related materials for current collectors. Comparable as a competing current-collector supplier to the same Li-ion cell customer base Locker targets.
• Furukawa Electric: Major Japanese metals and materials group producing electrolytic copper foil and battery-component materials. Competes with Locker for battery current collector wallet, while also serving broader electronics and industrial markets.

Emerging players

• SK Nexilis: Korean copper foil manufacturer rapidly scaling battery current collector foil capacity for North American gigafactories. Competes for the same battery-component spend as Locker's nickel mesh, though in an adjacent (copper foil) sub-segment.
• Targray Technology Solutions: Specialty battery materials distributor and supplier serving North American cell makers with anode/cathode materials and adjacent components. Comparable to Locker as a battery-component intermediary competing for placement in gigafactory bill-of-materials.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LockergroupANZ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/locker-group-pty-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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