On 11 March 2020, around 50 participants took the opportunity to obtain compact information on the following topics in the field of hazardous goods at the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
It was a very exciting event, filled with a lot to discuss.
At this year’s fire protection conference of TÜV Nord in Hamburg, Genius Group had the opportunity to give a lecture on the innovative special extinguishing agent PyroBubbles for use in structural fire protection and for the safe storage of lithium ion batteries.
Fire protection is complex and therefore subject to many requirements of laws, regulations and directives, such as the fire department laws and building regulations of the federal states and numerous other laws, regulations and directives.
For the first time, the approx. 100 participants were able to get a very good impression of the innovative fire protection with PyroBubbles. The hollow glass granules from the Genius Group provide protection for pipe and system systems from the inside to the outside and from the outside to the inside.
Performance systems continue to function properly. The extremely lightweight PyroBubbles can easily be retrofitted. Both cable ducts and cable trays are protected preventively in the simplest way.
Since 12 March 2019, the Genius Group has been the first manufacturer in Europe to hold a BAM (National Authority for the Transport of Transport Uncertain Lithium Ion Batteries) certificate in accordance with UN Regulation SP 376 and the new packaging regulations P911 and LP906.
These additional test requirements and verification procedures in connection with the transport of damaged or defective lithium-ion cells and batteries particularly require additional performance requirements on the packaging manufacturer (safety assessment of the reaction gases and particles, functional verification, procedure concept for determining transport, etc.)
The verified test procedure of Genius and LionGuard is the result of many real fire tests, especially with high-voltage batteries from the automotive industry.
These results are recorded in a database. Possible thermal runaway are therefore always under control during a UN-compliant transport. This method is also used in the field of safe storage, quarantine and test bench containers for lithium-ion batteries.
Genius Group is particularly proud to be the first manufacturer in Europe to have this official document. “This gives our customers the flexibility and security they need. For example, a real fire test can be dispensed with if there are already positive fire tests with comparable batteries and containers.” (→ Determination by BAM)
At this year’s Battery Show in Japan, the leading trade fair for battery development and manufacturing in Asia, our new Japanese sales partner KBK Group from Tokyo, represented by KBK Europe (→ www.kbkeurope.de) to make many interesting contacts. With its LionGuard systems, the Genius Group was the only complete supplier for the safe storage and UN-compliant transport of lithium ion batteries at this trade fair in Tokyo.
International companies such as Mazda, Honda, Lexus, Toyota, Sony, Sanyo etc. expressed their explicit interest. A comparable safety system for defective and damaged lithium ion batteries does not yet exist in Japan. Director Michael Knobloch of Genius Group and Managing Director Kiyonori Kaizaki of KBK Group were extremely satisfied with the first appearance in Japan.
At this year’s Feuertrutz 2019, the leading trade fair for structural fire protection in Europe, the Genius Group was able to generate more than 90 national and international contacts from well-known companies.
The focus of the booth was on the safe storage and UN-compliant transport of lithium ion batteries. “We were the only suppliers for this special area at the fair and were thus able to successfully meet the strong demand with our innovative solutions”.
Due to the great success, the area of storage and safe charging of lithium ion batteries will be massively expanded by the Genius Group within the next 6 months.
Since 2015 Genius Technology GmbH has been supplying LionGuard boxes to the Volkswagen Group worldwide.
The Packaging Group I type resistant special containers can transport damaged and unsafely transportable lithium-ion batteries up to 400 kg within the meaning of the ADR, in accordance with SV 376 (P908) as well as various definitions by the BAM (e.g. ADR/2-2181/14).
The components are matched to each other in such a way that even a thermal runaway by one of the car batteries presents no threat to the immediate environment. Besides Volkswagen, LionGuard is also supplied internationally to the Porsche, Audi and Skoda automobile makes. In late 2015, the first deliveries were made to China, USA, Australia, France, New Zealand.
In providing this German engineering expertise, and in cooperation with the Volkswagen Group, Genius Technology GmbH has become a world leader in the manufacture of safety systems for dangerous goods transport (UN 3480, UN 3481) in the field of critical lithium-ion batteries. All individual components are manufactured in Germany, in order to ensure the highest standards of quality and safety.
Further developments of new special containers and filter solutions are being implemented and planned.
From July 20 through July 23, 2018 Europe’s leading bicycle purchasing association ZEG extended invitations to its traditional ZEG Bike Show at Exhibition Hall 8 in Cologne. More than 110 exhibitors and 5,000 participants took the opportunity to present their latest products for the coming season.
Attending the ZEG Bike Show for the first time this year, The Genius Group took the opportunity to make its own presentation. The Genius Group, together with Board of Director Egbert Hageböck, has developed exclusive products for ZEG members, providing safe storage and UN-compliant transport of E-Bike batteries. Both the Lithium-Ion Akku Safe Box and the Lithium-Ion Akku Safe Big as well as the fire extinguisher for E-bike batteries were very well received.
Plans are also underway to provide spacious cabinets for charging and storing E-bike batteries. This project was met with a lot of encouragement from the bicycle dealers attending, since these battery cabinets will provide a solution for the separate storage of functioning and defective batteries, without the risk of functional batteries being endangered by a possible thermal runaway in other batteries.
Genius Group takes positive stock of the Battery Show Detroit: Successful launch of LioGuard products in the USA
12 – 14 September | The Genius Group can clearly clock up its presence at the International Battery Show in Detroit as a success.
Heavy demand for solutions for the safe transport and storage of lithium-ion batteries: The PyroBubbles LioGuard safety system presented by the Genius Group is specifically tuned to the safe handling of lithium-ion batteries. It consists of a special container and a filling of the PyroBubbles® fire protection product. The components are matched to each other in such a way that even a thermal runaway by one of the batteries presents no threat to the immediate environment. In Detroit there was also keen interest in test-bench containers and quarantine boxes.
Well-known companies in the automotive and battery industry, such as General Motors, Chrysler, Fiat, Ford, Suzuki, Mazda, Sanyo, Panasonic were able to get first-hand information about the diverse and convincing possible uses of Genius products. Following up on these successes, the company will also be participating at the Battery Show Europe in Hanover in May 2018.