The global tunnelling industry geared up for one of its most important events—RETC 2025 (Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference). Held every two years, RETC was recognised as the premier technical conference for tunnelling and underground construction professionals. The 2025 event took place in Dallas, Texas, from June 8 to 11, bringing together industry leaders, engineers, and technology providers from around the world.

Alpha-Safety is our reliable partner based in Kazakhstan, servicing Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. They are a leading engineering company specialising in industrial safety solutions for the mining sector, and their mission is to develop and implement innovative approaches to improve the safety, efficiency, and comfort of the working environment across various industrial sectors.

The mining industry's brightest minds and most innovative solutions converged in Medellín, Colombia, for MinExpo Colombia 2025 on 13 and 14 March, and x-Glo was proud to be part of the action. Our distributor, Vega Mining and their Columbian sub-distributor, INSE, presented our cutting-edge industrial lighting solutions, showcasing how x-Glo is powering safer, smarter, and more sustainable mining operations to the Columbian mining industry.

In September, the x-Glo Global team travelled from South Africa to Las Vegas, USA, to attend the largest mining show in the world: MINExpo International.

This is the Fourth year our Russian distributor Alpha Safety has been show casing the x-Glo Range at this exhibition.