Happy New Year

Dear Elavator World Türkiye readers,

We have left behind a year when we, as a country, paid the price of incorrect economic policies. The current data gives the first signs that 2025 will not be a bright year for both industrialists and our industry, as inflation is still high and the low exchange rate policy is expected to continue. 

In the first issue of the new year, we greet you with the Elevator World Project of the Year awards, which has almost become traditional and eagerly awaited by everyone. The projects that won awards in a total of nine categories were: In the Elevators — New Installation category, Otis’ One Za’abeel Project in Dubai; in the Lifts — Modernization category, Schindler’s Prudential Tower Project in Boston, Massachusetts U.S.; in the Escalators — New Installation category, TK Elevator’s (TKE) Grand Cruise Terminal at Doha Project in Doha; in the Escalators — Modernization category, Otis’ Chongqing Metro Line Project in China; in the Moving Walks category, TKE’s Sky Bridge Project at Hong Kong International Airport; in the Inclined Lifts category, Hill Hiker’s Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery & Trattoria Project in Arizona, U.S.; in the Specialty Residential Lifts category, Next Level Elevators’ Esplanade in Brighton Beach Project in Australia; in the Platforms & Stair Lifts category, Edmolift UK Ltd.’s project for the Paris Olympics; and in the Specialty Lifts category, Stannah Lifts’ Big Ben Project in London. In this issue, you can read detailed articles on all of these projects.

This year, the second Lift Expo Italia was organized by the Italian National Elevator Component Manufacturers Association in Milan on December 4-6, 2024. The 5th International Elevator and Escalator Symposium, organized annually by ELEVATOR WORLD and Liftinstituut, was held on November 12-13, 2024, at the Atlantis Paradise Hotel in the Bahamas. 

We have an interview with Cem Bozdağ, a beloved face of the industry who was elected as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Elevator Industrialists Federation. We asked all the questions we were curious about to the chairman and conveyed their projects for the future.

For you, we followed the boutique Nordic Lift Expo, which is organized biennially in Stockholm, Sweden. At the one-day fair on November 12, 2024, 45 companies opened a booth, while 635 industrialists visited the fair. 

The focus subject of the January-February issue is Escalators and Moving Walks. In this issue, Anthony Boom’s article on Escalator Brake Failure Investigation and TKE’s 190-unit project designed for Sidney Metro are featured.

We wish a healthy, happy and profitable new year to all of our readers…