China’s aluminum door and window manufacturing sector includes a range of suppliers offering thermal-break systems, customized solutions, OEM/ODM production, and products for international building projects. A recent industry guide highlights Guangdong Dejiyoupin, Guangdong EEHE, Foshan CIVO, Sichuan Yazhixuan, and Sichuan Mingrenju, citing their production capabilities, product portfolios, project experience, customization services, and testing or certification coverage. The companies differ in their areas of focus. Dejiyoupin is highlighted for its production capacity and international certifications, while EEHE is noted for patents and a broad range of project solutions. CIVO focuses on factory-direct customization and climate-oriented systems, while Yazhixuan provides OEM/ODM...
Every Can Counts (ECC) has unveiled a giant art installation outside Trafford Centre to highlight the importance of recycling during Recycle Week 2026 (14th – 20th September). The Infinity Sculpture, made from more than 1,200 recycled drink cans, has been created to illustrate the life cycle of a drink can, highlighting that aluminium can be recycled time and time again. Shoppers and centre visitors can get a glimpse of the can-based artwork that will be on display by the Great Hall Entrance at Trafford Centre until Sunday 20th September to mark the occasion. This is the first time the Infinity Sculpture has been showcased in Manchester, where it will act as a physical reminder of the importance of recycling to the community. On Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September, visitors wanting to...
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Apple has announced on 21 st July’20, that 16-inch MacBook Pro is planned to be the first-ever Apple device to be made from carbon-free aluminium. As Apple focuses on its environmental impact and reducing the company’s carbon footprint, the MacBook Pro will take the reins as part of a phenomenal commitment from Tim Cook and his team. Apple confirms that it is working with aluminium suppliers on carbon-free processing. As an intermediate step, the 16-inch MacBook Pro will be the first hardware to use low-carbon aluminium and create a new and more environmentally friendly laptop. The drive comes as part of Apple’s goal to become a 100% carbon neutral across the entire company. “Apple unveiled its plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and...
Australia's economy is the world's 14th largest rated AAA with a stable outlook by all three global rating agencies. The economy of Australia is a highly developed market economy. Its GDP was estimated at A$1.89 trillion as of 2019. In 2018 Australia became the country with the largest median wealth per adult but slipped back to second highest after Switzerland in 2019. The largest country in Oceania, Australia’s import of aluminium foil during 2017-19 saw both rapid rise and followed by fall in volume, as the import volume during this phase recorded at 54,003 tonnes and the revenue expended stood at $286.07 million. The projected import for 2020 has been analysed at 15,741 tonnes and the expenditure to reach $121.66 million. When the analysed import volume and expenditure of 2020 gets...
An Indian University alumnus innovation potentially offers a solution to the problem of lack of potable water in the world, which states several lives globally every year. A former Allahabad University student Subhash Chandra Singh is part of a team of researchers from University of Rochester, New York, that has developed a technology which turns a piece of aluminium into a water purification device with the help of solar energy. After completing PhD from AU, he is now a post-doctoral scholar at the American University. Subhash said: “In the technology when a piece of aluminium comes in contact with quick laser light, it turns it into a super-wicking, superlight-absorbing and a super-water-evaporating surface which removes all the dirt and impurities from water.” “Factors like...
One Plus Technology Co. Ltd. has reportedly confirmed on Instagram that its upcoming smartphone series Nord, which is expected to virtually launch on July 21, will come with Googles Messages and Phone apps installed instead of its own SMS and dialer. The series is expected to feature an aluminium chassis with a glass rear. It will be powered by a Snapdragon 765G chipset under the hood. The 7nm chipset is expected to be paired with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB storage. Having two selfie cameras, one 8MP wide-angle camera and a main 32MP selfie sensor and the second one being a 105-degree ultra-wide-angle, the phone will also come with Google's Duo video chat app pre-installed. The smartphone is also expected to feature a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with a 2400 x 1080 pixel resolution. Some of...
The world is set to see the first Greek Hypercar. Spyros Panopoulos is ready to unfold the first-ever Hypercar from Greece, known as 'Project Chaos' is coming soon. The Hypercar tooled with V10 engine asserts astonishing performance figures of 3000bhp. The ‘Ultra-car' as the company likes to call it will be offered in two variants, both powered by the same 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V10 engine. The engine comes with 20 fuel-injectors; among which 10 are direct injection. The unit is made up of a billet aluminium 5-axis engine block and cylinder heads and also uses titanium camshafts and has a compression ratio of 12.3:1. The 3988cc V10 engine is offered in two variants: the first variant produces 2000bhp at 11,000rpm 3D printed titanium pistons and connecting rods. The second...
Hublot Big Bang Millennial Pink, which has taken off in a limited edition of 200 pieces, is in a shade of the colour that’s less girlish than the elegant tint of a bone-dry Provençal rosé. The combination of the watch is relatively hefty in dimensions – 42mm in diameter and 14.5mm thickness and a skeleton construction that’s self-evidently technical makes it far more gender-neutral than might be imagined. However, having said that, it can be worn on the most slender of wrists. In fact, the watch company is going to stick to their suggestion that the Millennial Pink is more likely to be appreciated by men than women. Build largely from lightweight aluminium – a material unusual in watchmaking though not new to Hublot. It remains light on the wrist in spite of its size, and the anodising...
Poralu Marine has made public towards its involvement in the design and construction of a new jetty at Two Rocks Marina, Western Australia. The project will be completed in collaboration with Poralu Marine distributor Shorewater Marine for the Western Australia Department of Transport (DoT). The new jetty is scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2020. Poralu Marine and DoT have been working together for more than 16 years on a series of successful projects on the West Coast. Poralu Marine’s continuous innovation efforts have been its USP for constantly developing and improving its range of products over the years. This is one of the biggest reasons DoT chose Poralu Marine Australia to continue the extension of Two Rocks Marina. Shorewater Marine is a commercial diving and marine...
MAHLE, working together with sports car manufacturer Porsche and mechanical engineering company Trumpf, has manufactured high-performance aluminium pistons using 3D printing techniques for the first time. The pistons were successfully tested on the engine test bench for Porsche’s 911 GT2 RS sports car. The standard forged pistons have reached the limits of their performance potential; it is feasible that the power of the 700hp Porsche engine could be boosted by 30hp with an associated increase inefficiency. MAHLE said: “It is specifically developing its expertise in 3D printing, so that, in the future, it will also be able to support its customers in the field of alternative drives, including electric drives, by supplying suitable components for drives, thermal management, and...
CGA and EIGA have issued a joint statement affirming their belief that SPP-supplied brazed aluminium heat exchangers are reliable and safe for use after their members conducted an inventory and collected the operational histories of these heat exchangers in response to concerns earlier this year. Earlier this year, the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) and the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA) became aware that header assemblies for some Sumitomo Precision Products Co. Ltd. (SPP) supplied brazed aluminium heat exchangers had been fabricated using welders, weld procedures or inspectors that were not certified to relevant regional standards or directives. SPP has supplied brazed aluminium heat exchangers to cryogenic plant designers, builders, and operators for use in industrial...
Land Rover has reportedly added new engines for its Range Rover and Range Rover Sports models, based around Jaguar Land Rover’s modular aluminium engine architecture. According to the report, a new family of 3.0-litre straight-six Ingenium diesel engines and a range of desirable special editions including the Westminster, Westminster Black Edition, and an exclusive SVAutobiography Dynamic Black have been added to the recently announced Range Rover Fifty celebratory model. The new generation of 3.0-litre straight-six Ingenium diesel engines have been developed in-house for reduced fuel consumption and heightened refinement. They are smoother and more refined, featuring advanced 48V mild hybrid technology to meet any strictest global emissions regulations. The engines also include the Real...
Natia Turnava, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, officially opened a Koc Kablo’s new enterprise of aluminium and copper wires in Tbilisi. Over 100 people have been employed and 15 million GEL has been invested in the enterprise established by the Turkish company Koç Kablo with the support of the Enterprise Georgia supporting program. Natia Turnava said: “New enterprise is high-tech and competitive, and which is most important, it exports its products. The enterprise was established with the support of the state within the framework of the program Enterprise Georgia, and although it is newly opened, at this stage, it already employs 100 people while in the future, this figure will practically double. This is a foreign direct investment made by one of the strongest...
The CANPACK Group, a global packaging manufacturer with its headquarters in Krakow, Poland, and GIORGI GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., based in Blandon, Pennsylvania, and owner of the CANPACK Group, jointly announced that CANPACK will build aluminium beverage can body and ends manufacturing plant, its first in the United States. The company will also construct a North American Center of Excellence demonstrating CANPACK’s R&D and lithographic capabilities. CANPACK also announced the acquisition of an industrial property in Olyphant, Pennsylvania. This facility is likely to be built and functional by the fourth quarter of 2021 and will employ over 400 people. “Since we first invested in CANPACK over 30 years ago, it has grown from a single steel food can manufacturing site in Poland to a true...
The Australian Government will invest $87 million towards improvising facilities at the joint US-Australian Space Surveillance Telescope, Naval Communications Station Harold E. Holt in Exmouth, on the tip of the North West Cape in WA. Linda Reynolds, Minister for Defence, during a visit to the facility in Exmouth said: “The significant investment will be used to build a new mirror recoating facility.” Minister Reynolds said: “As recently announced in the Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan, the Government is significantly increasing investment in Defence’s space capabilities with $7 billion being invested over the next decade.” “This world-leading, 360-degree telescope enables the defence to track better and identify objects and threats in space including space debris, as...
The economy of Italy is the 3rd-largest national economy in the European Union, the 8th-largest by nominal GDP in the world, and the 12th-largest by GDP (PPP). Italy has a major advanced economy and is a founding member of the European Union. Italy has a diversified industrial economy, which is divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies. The European nation’s export of aluminium stranded wires during 2017-19 exhibited volatility, as the volume of the export, was recorded at 6608 tonnes and revenue earnings stood at $28.06 million. The projected export for 2020 has remained at 1937 tonnes and the earning expected to reach $8.46 million. Furthermore, when the analysed export volume and earning of 2020 get merged with the previous three years it displays 8545...
As part of the largest ever order for hydrogen-powered buses in Europe, the German city of Wuppertal will soon put the final instalment of vehicles on the road. In 2018, Wuppertal joined forces with the nearby city of Cologne to order 40 modern buses powered by hydrogen fuel cells from Belgian manufacturer Van Hool NV. According to Andreas Meyer, Head of Technik Bus for WSW mobil GmbH: “Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) is already running 30 of the hydrogen buses, and Wuppertal Stadtwerke (WSW) will soon put the remaining 10 on the road.” “The launch of our hydrogen bus fleet is a major milestone. We see it as the beginning of large-scale adoption of hydrogen technology – not just for WSW, but in Germany, across Europe and around the world,” said Meyer. “Commercial vehicles like buses will...
The world’s largest aluminium three-masted schooner Sea Eagle II has been successfully delivered by Royal Huisman and is now on the way to Mediterranean. Designed by Dykstra Naval Architects and Mark Whiteley, Sea Eagle II comes with an impressive plumb bomb and modern Panamax rig by Rondal, which have made her powerful and recognisable all over the world. The yacht, with the length of 81 metre/ 266 feet, is the largest yacht built at Royal Huisman’s shipyard. It joins another Huisman-built schooner called Athena in the top 10 ranking of the world’s largest sailing yachts. Sea Eagle II has been designed and built to operate in a testing ocean environment. It is the culmination of performance, luxury, and reliability, backed by the expert shipyard team with their commendable advice,...
Xiaomi formally unfolds the Mi Portable Electric Compressor in India after rolling out the teaser over the weekend. The instrument is floated under crowdfunding and tagged with a price of INR 2299 or $30 approx. The portable electric compressor is the same as it is sold in the Chinese market. The black coloured gadget is expected to commence shipping from 10 th August’20. The cylindrical-shaped Mi Portable Electric Air Compressor is manufactured from aluminium alloy using high-precision technology. The portable electric compressor is designed in a way to get used with a vast range of nozzles. It is encased in a compact body so that it can be mobilised anywhere. Once fully charged, methodically, the Mi Portable Air Compressor can easily inflate 215/60/R17 car tyres for five, it can refill...
There was a time when racing bikes sounded a lot more like enhanced lawnmowers. In the 80s, two-strokes like Yamaha’s fabled RD250 dominated the domestic racing scene in many countries, and now, a British start-up is attempting a sort of two-stroke renaissance. Langen Motorcycles from Manchester in the UK is hoping to complete a limited production run of modern 250cc two-stroke performance bikes. The bike, referred to as simply ‘The Two-Stroke’, draws power from a 250cc V-twin motor made by Italian company Vins. The engine is capable to meet modern emission standards while still producing eye-watering power figures. At a claimed 76PS, the Langen bike will be a whole 50% more powerful than the recently launched Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R. It will also weigh just 112kg compared to the 25R’s...
