News
Happy days at the office
Finally the pre-production run of the Batteryboxes has arrived by air, and we are very excited!
Battery safety in the recycling industry
Ove and René from Whtif had the pleasure of participating at the seminar held by FFI – Norwegian Defence Research Establishment on the 16th of October
Article about the Batterybox in The National Association of Fire Masters Journal (Feiermesternes Landsforening (FLF) journal)
We got a 3 pager on the Batterybox in the Feiermesternes Landsforening (FLF) journal, Environment & Fire.
The idea and story behind the Batterybox
Stefan has interviewed René on how the Batterybox idea came to life and the journey to where the Batterybox is today
Meeting the fire departments in Norway
Whtif was invited to the Norwegian Fire Departments convention at Gardermoen on the 24th of April 2024, to present the Batterybox.
Working hard in the studio
We have spent long hours in the studio to produce information videos for the Batterybox. Watch one of our videos (in Norwegian).
Factory visit and first test of the moulds
Morten Larsen and Woody have visited the factory that is going to produce the Batterybox for us. Producing for world leading brands like IKEA, Pepsi, Gatorade and Rubbermaid, we are very happy with their high quality level and knowhow. First test of the moulds and extensive quality checks. Some adjustments are needed, but we are
Whtif becomes member of Norwegian Safety Forum
We at Whtif have chosen to support the extremely important safety promotion and injury prevention work that Norwegian Safety Forum does and are happy to have become a member
Norwegian Fire & Safety magazine: The Batterybox can be ready in the autumn
The Norwegian Fire & Safety magazine have an article about Batterybox: Quote: The team behind Batterybox has been working well since they won the Innovation Award last November. The final product can be ready after the summer holidays.
Whtif at Norwegian Safety Forum
Whtif was invited by the Norwegian Safety Forum / Skadeforebyggende forum, to talk about the Batterybox under the topic “batteries and fires”
DBI testing of Batterybox
64 days after Whtif won the Norwegian Fire Protection Association’s innovation award for 2023, the time had finally come to test the Batterybox at DBI in Denmark.We used a lipocell of 11.1 Wh, which surpasses all consumer batteries that are intended to be deposited in the Batterybox.
Article in Brann & Redning (Fire & Rescue) about Batterybox
The Norwegian magazine for the fire brigade “Brann & Redning”did an article on our Batterybox in their issue 6/2023
Batterybox won Innovation prize 2023. Here is the jury’s justification
We are proud to have won The Norwegian Fire Protection Association ́s Innovation Award 2023 with our product Batterybox. Read the jury’s reasoning for giving us the price our Batterybox.
Our Batterybox won the Innovation prize 2023!
The Norwegian Fire Protection Association, as part of their 100th Anniversary, set up an innovation price to stimulate new thinking to prevent fires.
NRK: A new fire in a waste facility every week: – This is not sustainable
The waste industry believes that the government must take action against batteries ending up in the trash and starting fires.
– Batteries are a fire hazard at home in people’s kitchens too.