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Americase to Speak at Battery Safety Workshop and Showcase Risk-Mitigation Packaging Solutions at The Battery Show 2025
Waxahachie, TX – September 3, 2025 – Americase (booth #3412), a leading manufacturer of protective packaging for hazardous materials, high-value goods, and mission-critical technology, will play a central role at The Battery Show 2025 through its participation in a critical battery safety workshop and its showcase of next-generation battery containment and data center packaging innovations.…
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Navigating State-Specific Regulations for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Article Summary Lithium-ion battery regulation splits into two very different pictures depending on whether a battery is moving or sitting still. Transport is orderly: PHMSA governs it nationwide, batteries are uniformly classified as Class 9 hazardous materials in every state, and states enforce (but can’t rewrite) federal rules, with Texas alone issuing over 3,000 hazmat…
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Are You Ready for IFC Section 320? Lithium Battery Storage Rules Are Coming Fast
Article Summary Lithium-ion battery storage regulation in the U.S. is fragmented today, but it’s converging fast around one benchmark: Section 320 of the 2024 International Fire Code (IFC), which sets requirements for storage setup, fire barriers or thermal-performance containers, suppression systems, ventilation, explosion-proofing, and detection. Adoption is happening jurisdiction by jurisdiction, on a rolling 12–24…
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Americase to Speak on Battery Regulations at 2025 OCP APAC Summit
— Panel to explore regulatory challenges and alternatives to lithium-ion batteries in next-generation data centers— Waxahachie, TX – July 24, 2025 – Americase, a leading manufacturer of protective containers for hazardous materials and high-value goods, will participate in a high-impact panel discussion, “Understanding Global Regulations for ORV3-ready Data Centers with Batteries,” at the 2025 OCP…
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Powering Compliance: Lithium-Ion Battery & Packaging Testing for Regulatory Success
Article Summary With global demand for lithium-ion batteries projected to grow more than sevenfold by 2030, this white paper argues that compliance standards are only as good as the testing behind them, and lays out how Americase contributes real-world testing data to the regulatory bodies that write those standards: the UN Subcommittee on the Transport…
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The New SAE G-27 Packaging Standard and Beyond
Article Summary In late 2024, SAE approved the first G-27 packaging standard, a milestone for lithium battery transport safety that comes with important nuances. The standard requires packaging to contain a thermal runaway event entirely within the box. If one or more lithium batteries go into thermal runaway, no flame or fragments can escape, external…
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How Dangerous Goods Regulations Are Made—and Why the UN Still Leads the Way
Article Summary Dangerous goods regulations don’t appear out of nowhere — this article traces the full pipeline from international proposal to enforceable national law, and explains why the United Nations remains the starting point for the whole system. It begins with the UN Subcommittee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, a body of…
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What Insurance Providers Need to Know About Lithium Battery Risks in Storage and Shipping
Article Summary As the use of lithium-ion batteries continues to expand across industries—from consumer electronics to electric vehicles to data centers—the insurance industry is facing a growing set of challenges. Businesses that manufacture, store, or ship lithium batteries are not just navigating complex hazardous materials regulations. They’re also working under the scrutiny of insurers who…
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From Recall to Road-Ready: What It Takes to Respond Quickly to Lithium Battery Packaging Needs
Article Summary When a battery recall, prototype failure, or damaged-battery shipment hits, companies don’t have months to source compliant packaging, they typically need it within days. This article, featuring Chris Egloff, VP of Strategic Opportunities at Americase, explains how the company meets that timeline: Americase battery bags have been used in roughly 80% of Consumer…
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Americase to Host Battery Safety and Lifecycle Panel at Xponential 2025
Waxahachie, TX – May 5, 2025 – Americase, a leader in the design and manufacture of protective containers for hazardous materials and high-value goods, will host and moderate a forward-looking panel discussion at Xponential 2025 in Houston, Texas, titled “Beyond the Charge: Second Life, Recycling, and Transport of Li-Ion Batteries.” The panel will take place…
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What’s Next for Lithium-Ion Battery Transport Regulations?
Article Summary The release of the SAE G27 lithium battery packaging standard was a major milestone for safer battery transport, but this article makes clear it’s only the beginning of a longer regulatory evolution. It covers how the standard is being applied now: ICAO and the FAA are evaluating whether to formally integrate G27 testing…
