Cano Water is expanding its aluminium packaging range in the UK with the launch of a new 473ml still water bottle in selected Waitrose stores from November. The lightweight aluminium bottle, a popular format in the US, is being introduced to the British market for the first time after more than five years of development and efforts to secure UK listings. The launch marks a new chapter for Cano Water, which has sold nearly 100 million cans over the past 11 years. The company has also secured a listing with foodservice wholesaler Brakes, extending the availability of its new aluminium bottle format beyond retail. Since its launch, Cano Water has avoided plastic bottles, positioning aluminium as an alternative to single-use plastic packaging. The new bottle is the format the team first came...
China’s exports of aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar container products (HS 7612) increased in the first half of 2026, with shipments rising in both quarters. Among the destinations listed, import trends varied, with some markets recording strong growth while others saw declines. Exports at a glance China exported 49,000 tonnes of aluminium products (HS 7612) in the first half of 2026, up 36.1 per cent from 36,000 tonnes in H1 2025 and 63.3 per cent from 30,000 tonnes in H1 2024. Exports increased in both quarters, with shipments reaching 27,000 tonnes in Q2, compared with 22,000 tonnes in Q1, a quarter-on-quarter rise of 22.7 per cent. China’s quarterly exports rise The country’s exports rose by 29.4 per cent year-on-year, from 17,000 tonnes in Q1 2025 to 22,000 tonnes in...
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Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs has awarded Aluminium shipbuilding expert, Penguin International and ST Marine a collaborative contract for the supply of three rescue vessels. On Monday, December 19, Penguin announced that the contract involves supplying a heavy marine fire vessel, a heavy marine rescue vessel and a marine rescue vessel. The project includes the designing, construction and system maintenance of the three aluminium vessels. The construction of the vessels is anticipated to start in mid-2017 and the ships are expected to be delivered in 2019. Penguin announced it to be confirmed information. The three vessels are the first project to be awarded by Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), four years after it took up the fire-fighting operations within Singapore's waters....
Leading electronics device brand Transcend has launched the StoreJet 25C3 portable drive. The extra-slim and light device featuring a premium aluminium alloy casing has a USB 3.0 interface for blazing-fast transfer rates and perfectly blends technology with style. Housed inside an aluminium alloy casing, the portable hard drive weighs in just at 136 gram, making it ideal for business use and frequent travels. The StoreJet 25C3, despite its extra-slim dimensions, boasts reasonably high capacity of up to 2 terabytes- a feature which allows users to store a large volume of their data and backups in a single location without having to worry about accessibility from multiple locations. The portable hard drive with its suave aluminium casing reflects contemporary users' changing taste for clean...
The MAADI Group, Inc. designed and fabricated an aluminium staircase to to descend a steep hillside in the Parc de la Rivière Beauport in Quebec City, Canada. From street level, the staircase’s welded aluminium structure with timber deck descends 15 m (50 ft.) in a gradual zig-zag through the trees. The city specified aluminium for its durability and relative lack of maintenance beyond annual inspections. Working from conceptual drawings in the City of Quebec’s call for proposals, MAADI Group created a design based on CSA S157 standards for aluminium structures. Once the design was engineer-approved, the company fabricated all the parts according to quality standards and welding norms. Within 90 days of design approval, MAADI sent the disassembled insulators, guardrail installation...
Reynaers Aluminium Romania, the local branch of an European company specialised in developing solutions in aluminium for windows, doors, curtain walls, sliding systems and sun screening for the construction sector, reports that 20% of newly homes in Romania are using premium aluminium joinery. According to Reynaers’ data, Residential projects contribute to the growth of the premium aluminium segment on the joinery market. Office projects remain the main demand driver for the aluminium joinery market due to increasing funds allocated in the sector. At the same time, the residential segment registered a significant growth in 2016. "The projects developed by Reynaers in 2016 confirms a mature version of customers' behaviour, because they pay more attention to details and quality when...
BIS group s.r.o. announces Real Driving Emissions Forum taking place on 19th – 20th April 2017, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Forum will give the full update on the RDE legislation progress and its perspectives, providing industry developers with the road map for compliance. Attendees will share the experience of RDE testing and monitoring and discuss the impact of meeting current and future emissions regulations. The event will cover such topics as: • Conflicting Key Challenge to further Reduce Energy Consumption and Emissions: RDE and WLTC on Vehicle Propulsion and Technology Developments 2020 • The Prospects for RDE, WLTC and Diesel Vehicles from a Large-scale Real-World Testing Programme in Europe • Bridging the Gap between PEMS and the State-of the-Art Laboratory Equipment • The...
Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Kawasaki is set to launch two motocross bikes- the KX250 and the KX100 in India on December 18.The KX250 gets an aluminium perimeter frame chassis to achieve better stress-bearing standards. Both the bikes are motocross machines made for track use and cannot be registered for plying on public roads. The KX250 motorcycle is famous among members of the motorcycle rallying community. The engine is mounted on an aluminium perimeter frame. The bike is powered by a four-stroke 249cc water-cooled single-cylinder motor, which produces juices to rip the dirt a few meters up in the sky. The Kawasaki KX100 looks similar to the KX250, but gets a smaller engine - a 99cc two-stroke, single cylinder. Kawasaki is betting big on the motocross scene in India. The company...
QS Fencing, a fencing repair and installation specialist in Vancouver has strongly recommended decorative aluminium fencing over iron fencing to homeowners. Despite the charm of ornamental wrought iron, aluminium is more practical and sports almost all the benefits of wrought iron with lesser maintenance worries. Wrought iron embellishments give a historic and timeless character to homes, but, maintenance is always a challenge for iron because of its tendency to rust in moist weather. Home keepers with wrought iron fence need to repeatedly coat the fence with a protective wax. They also need to hire fencing repair and maintenance company every four-to-five years to treat the fences with a protective sealant. Regular inspection is necessary, even if the fence is sealed, to ensure rust or...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a contract to Gulfstream Shipbuilding, Freeport, Fla., for making a passenger/vehicle ferry to service New York and Connecticut waters. The crewboat-style aluminium ferry will transport passengers, freight and vehicles and animals. “Gulfstream Shipbuilding is not only familiar with the Eastern Long Island Sound waters, our team has delivered three ferry vessels to North Ferry Company that operate near these waters,” said James Murray, the shipyard’s sales manager. “We are proud of our 35-plus year history of building strong aluminum crewboats for all types of conditions.” The welded aluminium ferry is designed by Gulfstream and its design team in collaboration with Naval Architect C. Fly Marine Services. The monohull diesel engine ferry...
BMW luxury brand unit Rolls-Royce plans to develop and test a new super luxury SUV made of new aluminium space frame and body underpinning all future new cars going on sale from 2018 and on. In the last few decades, the use of aluminium in automotive technology has increased. Aluminium provides both strength and lightweight properties which can enhance fuel efficiency. An aluminium body frame can absorb a higher energy crash impact better despite the lightweight structure. In February 2015, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced that the model would use aluminium space-frame architecture. Torsten Müller-Ötvös, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said, "Bringing together the new four-wheel drive system and the new 'architecture of luxury' for the first time sets us on the road to...
LOFTEK 50W has launched a multi coloured LED flash light primarily made out of an aluminium die-cast alloy shell and tempered glass. It has a standard look of an LED flashlight with a strong aluminium body. The front consists of a black aluminium die-cast alloy frame, thicker on the bottom with the LOFTEK logo imprinted in it. A clear tempered glass piece is inset in the middle with a silver reflective back surface which angles inwards towards the central LED lighting component. The back is comprised of a thicker black aluminium die-cast alloy piece with fins on the back and the power cord is attached to the middle of the bottom of the back. Sandwiched in between the two black pieces are a thin yellow metal piece, and an adjustable yellow metal stand is attached to the back piece on each...
Last week’s International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans saw the launch of aluminium rigid-hulled inflatable boat by Brunswick Commercial & Government Products (BCGP) The 850 Aluminium Impact (Rigid Inflatable Boat) is the introductory model from a first-of-its-kind boat series that features five variants ranging in size from 7.5 meters (24′) to 12 meters (40′) within a power range of 300 hp to 700 hp. Designed for the commercial and government use, BCGP will market the new boats to domestic law enforcement agencies as well as militaries globally. “We are happy to introduce the Aluminium Impact line here at the International WorkBoat show,” said Jeremy Davis, BCGP director of sales. “This international stage provides us the opportunity to showcase the new aluminium boat’s capabilities to...
General Cable Corporation has confirmed that it will shut its New Zealand manufacturing and support operations in 2017, while axing the jobs of 170 employees. The company had announced a proposal to wind down the local unit in November and eventually converted it into a shut down. Manufacturing at Christchurch head office site is expected to continue until the end of March 2017, with sales of special products sourced from the international network of General Cable for special projects to continue after the closure. The 170 employees affected by the closure will receive full redundancy entitlements in line with their employment agreements. General Cable Holdings New Zealand, the local holding company, reported a loss of $8.5 million on sales of $163.9m in calendar 2015, compared to a loss...
Showa Aluminium Can Corporation (SAC), a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK) headquartered in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, will start to produce aluminium sleek cans for beverages in Vietnam from this December. Sleek cans have smaller diameters and taller heights than those of regular cans. Sleek cans are adopted by beverage makers all over the world due to their appealing designs. In Southeast Asia, some foreign affiliated beverage companies in Thailand and Vietnam have started to substitute sleek cans for regular cans, to use them mainly as containers for carbonated beverages. In May 2014, SDK and SAC completed the procedures for jointly acquiring 91.75% of shares in Hanacans Joint Stock Company (Hanacans), a manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans in Vietnam, and made...
After launching Ninebot mini, a two-wheeled self-balancing scooter and Qicycle Electric Folding Bike in 2016, Xiaomi has recently ventured into the electric vehicle category and has launched Mi Electric Scooter on Monday December 12. The company released a teaser of the bike last week, and now it is launched on the company’s MIJIA crowdfunding platform in its base country, China. Xiaomi builds Mi Electric Scooter with a sleek aircraft grade aluminium alloy body and a foldable design. Available at a price of CNY 1,999, the electric scooter will be commercially launched in the China market from Dec 15. As far as the scooter’s technical details are concerned, it comes with a top speed of 25 kmph and sports a LG 1,850 EV-lithium ion battery with battery capacity of 280 Wh. The Mi Electric...
Instead of throwing used beverage cans in the garbage or taking them to recyclers, Jacob Therrien, a teen from Victoria Harbour decides to create art out of them. The 14-year-old high school student creates sculptures by remelting scrap aluminium. He has made small makeshift workspaces in his backyard and garage in order to give shape to his creative work. A YouTube video sparked his his interest in this unusual craft two years back. He saw an artist melting down aluminium and then pouring it on another substance to give it interesting shapes. In order to create his sculptures Jacob uses Orbeez, gel beads that expand when wet. “I thought at first that my mom wouldn’t let me do it,” he said. “So I secretly ... took some bricks from out back, went out and bought charcoal for the heat, and a...
Award-winning Australian architects, Bates Smart used Fairview Vitrabond FR aluminium composite panels to develop a standing seam cladding on the facade of Sydney's Monarch project in Mosman suburb. Bates Smart chose Vitrabond FR aluminium composite panels instead aluminium sheets or other metal to deliver the desired look, feel and sturdiness of the facade. Aluminium composite panels brought along with them several additional benefits, which rendered the project higher value-addition. Simple installation happens to be one of the primary advantages of Vitrabond FR panels. In The Monarch project, the long vertical ribs that form the classic standing seam system were made separately and then installed between each panel using the installer-friendly standard cassette fix system. Since the...
Igus, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of plastic, has combined its tribologically optimised lead screw nuts with hard anodised aluminium lead screw. Igus now offers lead screw units with aluminium lead screws which are three times lighter than stainless steel lead screws. The combination of efficient dryspin thread and hard anodised aluminium convinces by its more than 60% low weight and can be operated without lubrication and maintenance. The lead screw have special asymmetrical lead screw geometry, which in continuous operation offers up to five times longer service life than conventional solutions. With lead screw diameters from six to 20 millimetres, quiet operation and low vibration is possible even in confined spaces. Stefan Niermann, head of drylin linear and drive...
Qatar Green Building Council’s (QGBC) Qatar Green Directory was honoured with the Sustainability Initiative of the Year award at the Construction Week Awards 2016. This initiative was outlined to increase awareness and education for advancing sustainable development and environment across globe as well as in domestic market. Aluminium is recognized as one of the most energy efficient and sustainable construction materials. As the world is striving for more environment sustainability, aluminium is a big part of the solution. The estimated recycled content of aluminium building materials used today is between 50 and 85 %. Use of aluminium helps building projects qualify for green building status. CW’s panel appreciated QGBC for its educational ambitions, with one judge commenting on the...
