2023-07-30 10:30:00
A recycled steel torch for the Paris 2024 Olympics
From May 8 to July 26, 2024, before the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, 11,000 volunteers will transport the Olympic flame between Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) and Paris, using a recycled steel torch. The object designed by the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur is produced by ArcelorMittal in 2,000 copies. The torches will be manufactured at three group sites: Châteauneuf (Loire) for the production of steel from recovered materials, Florange (Moselle) for rolling and Woippy (Moselle) for cutting sheet metal into blanks, which will be fit followingwards.
New foldable smartphones for Samsung
Samsung unveiled its next generation of foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5, on July 26. This is its 5th generation since the 2019 launch of the world’s first foldable smartphone. The boss of the “mobile” division, Roh Tae-moon, promises lighter, thinner and more ergonomic products, sporting larger and brighter screens than existing products, for marketing which will begin on August 11. Foldable smartphones remain a niche market for the moment, from which Apple is still – for a short time – the conspicuous absentee.
Canada orders 2.1 billion euros of A330 MRTT tankers from Airbus
Canada is modernizing its military aircraft fleet with an order for nine A330 MRTT tankers from Airbus Defense and Space. This 2.1 billion euro contract includes the supply of four new aircraft and five used aircraft to be converted. The new planes will be assembled in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), while the conversion of the aircraft will take place in Getafe, Spain. The planes will be used for aerial refueling, military transport, medical evacuations and the transport of government officials. The first A330 MRTT will be delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 2027.
A giant electric crane on the RER site in Essonne
A 4,544-tonne electric crane went into action on July 19 and 20 in Massy (Essonne) to remove two railway bridges used by the RER B and RER C lines: the Gallardon bridge (used by the RER C) and that of Chartres (RER B). The aim of the maneuver is to replace the current bridges, each weighing 460 tonnes, with structures weighing 950 tonnes and 1,375 tonnes respectively. The new bridges will be laid on August 8 and 9, 2023. This crane called “Little Celeste”, leased to the Belgian Sarens, was erected between April and June 2023 using two auxiliary cranes and will be dismantled from September.
Dioxycle wants to capture and transform CO2
Created in 2021 in Bordeaux, the specialist in the capture and recovery of CO2 for industrialists, Dioxycle, announced on July 26 a fundraising of 15 million euros to launch its first industrial demonstrator capable of electrocatalyzing CO2 and to transform it into reusable materials. “CO2 is captured. Then we recycle it into a chemical like ethylene, which will be carbon neutral, using renewable electricity“, explains Sarah Lamaison, co-founder and CEO of Dioxycle.
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