Romania’s aluminium can recycling rate increased to 80.5 per cent in the first nine months of 2026, compared with 75 per cent in the same period last year, according to data published by RetuRO, the administrator of the country’s Deposit Return System (DRS), and analysed by Every Can Counts. The number of aluminium cans returned between January and September was 6.3 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of 2025. The return rate also improved to 85 per cent from 82 per cent a year earlier. Aluminium cans were the only packaging category to record growth in the first nine months of 2026, as the total number of deposit-bearing containers placed on the market declined by 2.4 per cent. The number of cans placed on the market increased by 2 per cent, while plastic and glass packaging...
Following major international fitness trade gatherings like FIBO, commercial gym operators and wellness studios are expanding their mind-body exercise offerings. Global market demand for commercial Pilates equipment continues to accelerate across Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region. In particular, lightweight yet structurally resilient aluminium reformers have become the preferred choice for modern studio spaces. However, this sudden surge in commercial demand presents significant procurement challenges for studio managers, franchise operators, and equipment distributors. While exhibition halls and online B2B platforms showcase hundreds of visually similar machines, the underlying structural engineering varies dramatically between manufacturers. Evaluating a wholesale basic...
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French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created new eco-conscious urban street furniture that appears well at home on the city streets. The pieces are designed to imitate trees springing from Paris' urban underbelly. The light fixture comprises two aluminium domes that focus light onto a particular section of pavement to minimise energy loss and pollution. Solar panels on an extra upward-facing dome provide the LED lights with a three-hour burst of power. The Clover series is made of wood sculptures with an extensible seat and solar-powered lights. Lehanneur approaches urban residents' needs from a humanistic perspective, giving them a vacation from the stressful city life to recharge. The solar-powered Parisian lighting comes with a tiny hatch with a power outlet for phone charging...
Henkel has created a cutting-edge low-temperature cleaner for aluminium beverage cans that will soon be accessible worldwide. Bonderite C-IC 72000 series cleans at a lower temperature when used in conventional spray systems, lowering the plant's carbon footprint using less natural gas. Results will vary depending on the processes used by each facility. Still, in a recent study, a client reduced their natural gas consumption, which resulted in a 38 per cent decrease in carbon emissions. The low-temperature cleaner technology from Henkel is now accessible in LATAM and will be available throughout the world in 2023. The Bonderite C-IC 72000 series cleaner requires a lower working temperature of 43°C (110°F) than traditional cleaners, which generally run at roughly 60°C (140°F). This makes it...
A community centre built by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA) in Mississauga, Ontario, mixes regional inspirations with a mass-timber construction. Although the structure has a simple rectangular design, the section is moulded by slanted roof peaks that let in light. The west and south-facing facades are covered in an aluminium mesh screen, exposing the black spruce glulam sections that serve as the canopy's structural support. The Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park, a 75,000-square-foot structure featuring gyms, locker rooms, multipurpose rooms, and a pool, is situated on a 50-acre property formerly used for farming. Since most of the smaller programmes are on the ground level, the bigger pool and gym spaces may have double-height ceilings. The columns were...
Skoda Auto India offered the Slavia Anniversary Edition and Kushaq Lava Blue Edition to the Indian market. The inside of the Slavia has also been modified, including "Anniversary Edition" scuff plates and plaques on the steering wheel. A 25.4 cm infotainment system with WiFi SmartLink and Skoda Play applications for the dashboard is also included, along with aluminium pedals. Additionally featured are a subwoofer and a 380-watt audio system. The Kushaq Lava Blue edition is between the Style and Monte Carlo variations. Mudflaps are installed on the front and back of both automobiles, and the front grille ribs are finished in chrome. Chrome has been added to the trunk and the lower portion of the door. The Kushaq B-pillar receives an "Edition stripe, while the Slavia C-pillar receives a...
The Pietermaritzburg-based aluminium producer Hulamin, who counts Tesla among its customers, asserted that it had made substantial strides in the quickly developing electric vehicle (EV) industry. 10.2 million passenger electric cars will be sold worldwide in 2022, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research, with China, the US, and Germany leading the way. Ball Aerospace formally celebrated the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument's successful launch on April 7. Rahul Dravid joined Knest, one of the world's fastest-growing Indian companies that manufacture aluminium formwork, as its Brand Ambassador. Knest offers creative, safe, and sustainable building assistance to support several international development initiatives. Hulamin, an aluminium...
Heineken is quite close to being branded with a €1million fine for successively ignoring the Deposit Return protocol on beverage cans in the Netherlands. The country expanded its deposit return scheme to include beverage cans from April 1. Heineken is continuing to produce aluminium cans without the new deposit logo that differentiates it as a DRS-friendly item. The company is being accused of neglecting the new rule, which apparently is causing huge difficulties in implementing the scheme countrywide. European countries are forcing the imposition of DRS to induce a circular economy along the aluminium beverage can manufacturing chain. As it is known, aluminium is 100 per cent recyclable and can promote a closed loop for raw materials. The DRS has been designed so consumers can return...
Meadow, a Sweden-based company, has embarked on a journey to transform one-time-use packaging solutions into sustainable ones for a circular economy. The brand’s latest innovation, a refillable end and dispenser system for aluminium beverage cans, is making headlines for its infinite recyclability. Meadow’s beverage can cartridge follows the usual 330 ml configuration and is made of 100 per recyclable aluminium. This aligns individual users with the company’s goals of transforming the environment into a carbon emission-free zone. Meadow was founded by Nick Paget, Peder Stubert and Victor Ljungberg with a mission to switch all the one-time-use items with sustainable, refillable alternatives. Meadow has a product portfolio inspired by nature, and what can be more commendable than using...
Admiral, the newly launched 55m aluminium and steel superyacht by the Italian Sea Group, showcases interiors designed by Giorgio Armani. The superyacht S-Force Silver Star also has a beach club section with a cutting-edge stairway for easy access to the water, tall, fully-glazed side walls to fend off windy days, and a sizable sunbathing platform. Broker Jean-Claude Carme of TWW Yachts, who was acting as the owner's representative, completed the sale initially scheduled for 2021. The project interprets and fuses the DNA of the two companies to create a distinctive superyacht, and the Armani/Casa interiors were handled by Giorgio Armani and his crew in cooperation with the Admiral Style Centre. "This superyacht is the further result of the exciting partnership with Giorgio Armani, of which...
Asus has vouched to combat the two prevailing concerns for a gamer in handling the phone, battery life and excessive heating. With its new Asus ROG Phone 7 and ROG 7 Ultimate, the brand will change the functionality of a cell phone altogether. The sets arrive with an aluminium body that has pressure-sensitive air triggers embedded within. The company has reconstructed the ROG Phone 6 Pro module a bit to give these new models some upgraded features. Asus ROG Phone 7 and ROG 7 Ultimate have custom-made thermal compounds to divert heat waves from the CPU and an additional vapour chamber with ancillary liquid return channels. With the upgraded characteristics, the brand thinks the latest models will have 168 per cent augmented thermal efficiency, letting the CPU churn at a faster pace for...
At a ceremony held on Saturday at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, the U.S. Navy officially put a brand-new battleship into service. According to the Navy, the USS Santa Barbara, a so-called "littoral combat ship," or LCS, is a quick ship designed for surface warfare and near-shore and open-ocean naval security. The Navy's 32nd littoral combat ship is the Santa Barbara. It was declared in 2018, baptized, launched, and shipped in July 2022. One of the characteristics of the Independence variation of the LCS class is that it has an aluminium trimaran design. The Freedom, the other version, is a steel monohull. The USS Santa Barbara and its even-numbered aluminium versions are assigned to a squadron headquartered in San Diego. "The city of Santa Barbara is rich in history, spanning...
Weldall, a family-run enterprise hailing from Cannock district, has earned a lumpsum investment of £500,000 to amplify aluminium cladding production and generate more employment. The firm produces aluminium fabricated products and stainless steel items for the construction sector. Weldall has been committed to its business for the last 30 years and was founded by two expert welders. Their sons now run the windows and cladding firm, which has a wide market in London, Manchester and Birmingham. The latest £500,000 in funding will be useful for the company as it has procured a brand-new Bystronic cutting machine recently to enhance the organisation's production capacity by three times. Weldall projects revenue growth of 15 per cent if the business runs accordingly. The investment will also...
Hardwyn India, a company manufacturing aluminium products and basic architectural hardware, has published a 5 per cent increase in shares after it conducted discussions with the board to consider sub-divisions of equity shares in the next planned conference. Each share pertaining to the company is being sold at INR 10, which reflects only the face value. The stock opened with a 1 per cent hike and remained on the upward strive flashing green numbers till 10.30 AM in a feeble market. The company stock was quoted at INR 265.80, 4.50 per cent higher than usual. As per the documentation laid down by the authorities on March 11, it was stated that the Board of Directors are scheduled to meet on April 26, Wednesday. This meeting will focus on discussions and further decisions on the split of...
A group of U.S. Navy maintainers has been taught how to utilise a method Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC) developed for repairing aluminium structures without removing the gear from a ship. The business announced on Monday that staff at the Norfolk, Virginia-based Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center got training and transition support for the Reverse Sensitization Unit (RSU). Without removing or replacing the sensitised material, sensitised aluminium structures can be restored to their previously unsensitised state while still in situ. Aluminium alloys from the 5xxx family are strong, light, weldable, reasonably priced, and often corrosion-resistant when brand new. Assembling, running, and storing the unit were demonstrated by CTC in line with a NAVSEA-approved, RSU-specific...
RIMOWA has relocated one of its boutiques to enhance business opportunities in Thailand, and on March 29, it celebrated the grand opening. Since 1898, the German brand has excelled in making state-of-the-art aluminium luggage adored by celebrities worldwide. RIMOWA already has five distinct outlets in Bangkok, but the outlet in Thailand’s The Emporium Shopping Centre has received a full makeover courtesy of the brand. Thai celebrities like Jammy James, Supassra Thanachat, Kanawut Traipipattanapong, Tontawan Tantivejakul, and Maylada Susri were all present for the inauguration of this newly refurbished store. The German luxury luggage brand first set foot in Thailand as early as 2020, but this newly opened outlet features a lot of added details. The boutique encompasses an area of 105 sq....
Knest, one of the globe’s fastest-growing Indian firms producing aluminium formwork, has signed Rahul Dravid as its Brand Ambassador. The Indian legend will pose as the face of the brand as it thrives on discovering potent business avenues worldwide. Knest provides sustainable, innovative and safe constructional aid to many developmental projects on a global scale. The company is hailed for making robust aluminium formwork required for construction and other formative purposes. As it is already known, aluminium is infinitely recyclable, making it one of the most sustainable non-ferrous metals. Rahul Dravid, more fondly known as ‘The Wall’ in Indian cricket, has contributed lifelong to the betterment of the game. The fame the sport has in the continent can be majorly attributed to the...
On April 7, Ball Aerospace officially felicitated the successful launch of its Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument. This is one of Ball and NASA's sustainability initiatives in a coalition, wherein the instrument would supply critical data on air pollution in the North American ecosphere. Tempo was launched with the help of a commercial satellite via Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This Earth Venture instrument mission by NASA can be regarded as the first of its kind to be ever developed by the space agency. Tempo has been programmed to display high-resolution daytime levels of prime air pollutants each hour as it scans over the entire continent, from Mexico City's coasts to the Canadian oil sands in Alberta. This instrument will provide the...
UK-based canned water firm Cano Water has begun this year’s journey with a market boost after comedian and actor Ricky Gervais came in support of the company’s goal, raising a multi-million pound in investment for a new can tagged “Cano 2.0”. In the past, we have seen celebrities coming out in support of sustainable campaigns in the aluminium industry. The move captivates as many audiences as possible. Cano Water was not left behind this year as high-budget investors and famous comedian Ricky Gervais helped to collect seed money for the brand’s next investment. Most of us must have known him from the long-running popular British Sitcom, The Office, which was remade in the USA with Steve Carell in the lead. After the advent of the Paris Pact 2015, Europe is spearheading the drive against...
UPM Speciality Papers has joined hands with machinery expert Bobst and coatings brand Michelman to unveil a sustainable alternative to the conventional multi-laminated plastic solutions called the oneBarrier FibreCycle packaging system. UPM Speciality Papers claims to have incorporated its patented Solide Lucent variation of paper, which has a robust yet smooth surface for lightweight, specialised coatings. On the other hand, the aluminium lamination technology was a gift from Bobst , who, with its ALuBond coating, can provide a thickness lesser than the density of human hair. Michelman took the responsibility of internally coating the packaging solution for enhanced barrier properties, heat sealing and priming. UPM plans to showcase this latest innovation at the Interpack Exhibition from...
