Americase to tackle battery thermal runaway at Detroit show

Americase International will host a panel on battery thermal runaway and containment at The Battery Show North America in Detroit on Oct. 14, as lithium-ion packs grow larger and safety expectations tighten. The session will bring together OEM, regulatory, materials science and emergency response experts to discuss how transport and storage design must evolve.

Why it matters: - Battery packs are getting bigger and more energy-dense across EVs, stationary storage and industrial uses. - That raises the stakes for transport and storage, because meeting a safety standard does not always mean a thermal runaway event will be contained. - The panel is aimed at the gap between compliance and real-world containment.

What happened: - Americase International will host a panel at The Battery Show North America on Oct. 14 in Detroit. - The session is titled “Engineering Containment for the Next Generation of Batteries: Mitigating Thermal Runaway in Transport and Storage.” - The panel runs Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Huntington Place during the show’s Oct. 12–15 schedule. - Americase International Chief Operating Officer John Redman will moderate. - Panelists include Chief Revenue Officer Chris Egloff, Ryan Paquet of HazMat Safety Consulting, Michael Colaianne of General Motors, Jun Shin of Power-Metric and Dalan Zartman of Energy Security Agency. - Americase International will also display battery transport and storage solutions at Booth 3508 during the event.

The details: - The session is part of the show’s Battery Chemistry, Materials & Cell Innovation track and Battery Safety theme. - The panel will cover thermal runaway behavior across chemistries and formats. - The discussion will examine the materials science behind transport and storage design. - Panelists will also address how containment engineering, regulatory compliance and emergency response intersect. - The session will look at where containment standards and best practices are headed next. - The panel is scheduled for 1:00–1:45 p.m. EDT at Huntington Place, 1 Washington Blvd., Detroit. - Americase International is based in Waxahachie, Texas, and its parent company includes Americase, HazMat Safety Consulting and Fulcrum Testing. - The company has designed and manufactured protective cases since 1985. - HazMat Safety Consulting is led by former U.S. and international regulators. - Fulcrum Testing provides lithium battery and product testing. - Americase International serves electronics, aerospace, defense, data center, EV/automotive, energy storage and medical device customers. - For more information, visit the company’s event page.

Between the lines: - The battery industry is pushing into higher-energy chemistries and larger pack sizes, which makes incident prevention harder. - Redman framed the core issue as a shift from compliance alone to true containment. - The mix of panelists suggests Americase wants the discussion to span engineering, regulation, logistics and emergency response rather than treat battery safety as a single-discipline problem.

What's next: - The panel will be held Oct. 14 during The Battery Show North America in Detroit. - Americase International will continue showing its transport and storage products at Booth 3508 through Oct. 15. - The discussion is expected to focus on how containment standards may evolve as battery deployment scales further.

The bottom line: - Battery safety is moving beyond compliance checklists. - As packs grow larger and more powerful, containment engineering is becoming a central part of battery transport and storage strategy.