Can you smell something?  Doggy do?  No.  Cats?  Nope.  I know what it is - it's BULLSHIT!  One editor has a hob that does not work with non ferrous pans, therefore no hob works with a non ferrous pan.  Perfect logic - NOT.  My Teknik hob works perfectly with aluminium pans.  However, I am pretty sure that it is rebadged from another manufacturer as all there other stuff seems to be so I cannot tell you who actually made it.  And I have no idea on the technical details either.