EdItor’s Overview September 2024

Although our country’s political agenda is always busy, we are leaving behind a summer with economic recession. In this period of recession, we see several prudent companies that are downsizing in a controlled way, and other companies that have lost control and vanish despite having years of experience. As Cem Kapukaya also mentions in his article, it is upsetting that these companies do not turn off their switch in an ethically correct way. As they are leaving behind many aggrieved employees and suppliers…

In our September-October issue, we are handling the subject of “Sustainability and Digitalization” which everyone keeps talking about, although its actual feasibility level in elevator and escalator industry is a topic of debate. There are many valuable articles in this comprehensive file. “Using Digital Tools To Elevate Sustainability” by Robert Kaspersma and Claudio Donghi from KONE; “Toward Smart Elevators” by Dr. Giorgos Georgiadis from KLEEMANN; “LEED by Example” by Philip W. Grone; and “Sustainability in the Elevator Industry – Impact Review” by TAK Mathews shed light on this important subject. Adem Mert summarizes the subject of digitalization and sustainability, while Süleyman Özcan handles the situation from a different perspective.

İMSAD, which has carried out many important activities for the development of the construction industry since its establishment, published the Construction Sector Report 2023 as an important reference source, containing the most up-to-date and fundamental information on the sector from production to employment, exports to imports, and shedding light on all its activities over the past year. The report also provides detailed information and statistics regarding the elevator and escalator industry.

Winning images of Elevator World’s annual Photo Contest that attract heavy attention from the industry were chosen with your votes. The top three images in a total of 10 categories, as well as honorable mentions, offer you a visual feast. In this year’s contest, there is an image from our country in the “Elevators/Lifts (Commercial)” category. “Peace and Quiet … Aegean!”; A view of the Aegean Sea from the panoramic elevator built by Mars Elevator (a Merih brand) on the Bodrum coast of Türkiye; photo by Muharrem Bilge from Mars Elevator won the third prize.

The article “Transformative Construction Boom in Kingdom of the Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)” by Ehtesham Ahmed from Otis offers an outlook of large projects in the region, as well as factors fueling this construction boom.

Also in this issue, the article “Irregularities in Incentive Applications” by Hale Nur Akdeniz from True Point Danışmanlık draws attention to the scopes of government incentive offered to manufacturers in our country and irregularities carried out in the application process.

In our series of Asansör Dünyası archives, we compiled the developments in our country and in the world between 2006 and 2010, and different perspectives in this period.

We wish you healthy, happy and prosperous days…