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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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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 Key Hurdles in EV Battery Transport?
Article Summary Navigating EV Battery Transport: U.S. vs. International Standards When transporting large format batteries, packaging requirements vary significantly depending on whether you are shipping within the United States or internationally. Understanding these differences is critical for compliance and safety. U.S. Requirements: A Looser Standard In the U.S., the current rules for large format batteries…
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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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Can Lithium-Ion Batteries Withstand Extreme Conditions?
Article Summary Lithium-ion batteries are an essential part of modern life, powering everything from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles (EVs) and power tools. By design, they are often exposed to extreme conditions. Your phone can overheat in a parked car, laptops are constantly transported, and EV batteries spend their life inside a vehicle exposed…
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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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Navigating the Changing Landscape of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Logistics
Article Summary The lithium-ion battery industry is at a crossroads. As demand for electrification grows, so does the urgency to determine how end-of-life batteries should be transported, handled, and recycled. At the heart of the debate lies a fundamental question: How do we balance safety with sustainability in the logistics of recycling lithium-ion batteries? …
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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…
