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Tips for Mitigating Risks of Lithium-Ion Battery Failures
Learn how to spot failing lithium batteries early and apply proven safety, storage, and containment practices to protect your people and facility.
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From Inspection to Insight: Building a Future-Ready Lithium-Ion Compliance Program
Improve lithium battery safety and compliance with proactive audits, clearer procedures, and strategies that help manufacturers avoid costly violations.
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The Future of Lithium-Ion Battery Regulations: Trends and Predictions
New UN, NFPA, and insurer-driven lithium battery rules are coming fast. Learn how manufacturers can prepare with smarter design, storage, and compliance.
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Safe and Sustainable: Balancing Environmental Responsibility with Hazmat Transport Regulations Compliance
Article Summary This white paper argues that safety and sustainability in hazmat transportation are not competing priorities but complementary design goals when packaging is engineered correctly from the start. It walks through the regulatory landscape governing hazmat transport packaging — DOT/PHMSA rules, 49 CFR Parts 171–178, the UN Model Regulations, the IMDG Code, IATA DGR,…
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Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling: Transporting and Storing Recovered Materials
Article Summary As demand for lithium-ion batteries surges across EVs, renewable energy storage, and electronics, end-of-life recycling creates its own safety challenge, one that starts well before batteries reach a recycling facility, during collection, transport, and storage. This article makes the case that even non-defective, end-of-life batteries can experience thermal events if mishandled, and that…
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What Are the UN 38.3 Transportation Testing Requirements for Lithium-Ion Batteries?
Article Summary UN 38.3 is the testing framework that determines whether a lithium-ion battery is safe to transport under global shipping regulations, and this article breaks down exactly what it covers. It walks through the eight current core tests (T1–T8): altitude simulation (validating performance in low-pressure air transport environments), thermal cycling (confirming stability across extreme…
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What Is the Impact of the New EU Battery Directive on Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturers?
Article Summary The EU’s updated battery directive is reshaping how manufacturers, shippers, and packaging companies approach compliance, traceability, and safety, and this article breaks down what that shift means in practice. At its core, the directive pushes for greater supply chain accountability while creating real tension around protecting proprietary information: manufacturers must disclose enough technical…
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Countdown to “Safely Charging Ahead” Symposium: Americase Releases Full Agenda Featuring Live Battery Safety Demonstrations, Regulatory Insights, and Industry Leader Panel Discussions
Registration is still open for symposium in Waxahachie, TX, Oct 27-28 Waxahachie, TX October 9, 2025 — With just weeks to go before one of the battery industry’s most anticipated safety events, Americase has released the full agenda for its upcoming “Safely Charging Ahead: Navigating Battery Safety, Regulations & Innovation Symposium,” taking place October 27–28,…
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Labeling Requirements: Navigating the Evolving Packaging Requirements for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Article Summary Lithium-ion battery shipments have shifted from exceptional cargo to routine, high-volume logistics, and PHMSA’s own numbers show why regulators have stopped treating labeling mistakes as forgivable inexperience: incidents rose 67% between 2016 and 2021. This article walks through where shippers actually get tripped up. UN classification comes first: UN3480, UN3481, UN3090, and UN3091…
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Americase to Host International Lithium-Ion Battery Safety, Regulations and Innovation Symposium in Waxahachie, Texas
Two-Day Event Features Live Battery Safety and Packaging Performance Demonstrations, Regulatory Updates, and Expert Panels Waxahachie, TX (September 8, 2025) – Americase, a global leader in the design and manufacture of custom packaging solutions for hazardous materials and high-value goods, announced it will host the Lithium-Ion Battery Safety, Regulations & Innovation Symposium in partnership with…
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Regulations on the Import and Export of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Article Summary Shipping lithium-ion batteries across borders means satisfying multiple, non-transferable rulebooks at once, and this article walks through each mode to show where companies get caught out. Air transport falls under ICAO Technical Instructions and mirrors the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, and lithium batteries are one of the leading causes of undeclared dangerous goods…
