Editor’s Overview
Lifting Up and Carrying On
So much of the world watched when, on 6 May, the coronation of King Charles III took place at Westminster Abbey. The history-making event’s patriotism, pageantry and tradition captured the...
Tracking Transitions and Tallying Triumphs
The India growth story has indeed been noteworthy, and it is clearly reflected in the vertical-transportation (VT) industry’s acceleration occurring in parallel along the path to progress. Infrastructure and real...
Türkiye and Its Election
After the great earthquake disaster we experienced, the country’s agenda is almost completely focused on the elections on 14 May. Such poor management of the economy and high inflation will...
Mostly Ups
As I write this column, the economy seems to be looking mostly upward. Cities that lost population during the pandemic are gaining it back, according to the Census Bureau. Many...
A Sustainable Future
In this issue of ELEVATOR WORLD Middle East, we report on those things that sustain us as an industry and as people, including key events throughout the region, some of...
We Are the Future
The future of the world we live in may well depend on how we build in the future. Let’s face it, we are not going back to low-rise buildings that...
Europe – Growing But Slowing?
Material shortages are decreasing in the EU building sector, but labor scarcity remains a challenge, according to banking and financial services company ING. This is very much the same story...
Soft Landing for the Industry?
You can’t turn on the news without hearing a discussion about “Will we or won’t we slip into recession this year?” And, if we do, will it be a “soft...
Türkiye and the Reality of Earthquake
On Monday morning, February 6, two earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 in Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş at 04:17 and 7.6 in Elbistan district of Kahramanmaraş nine hours later at 13:24 caused...
An Event-filled New Year
We start off this year reporting on several key events that happened at the end of 2022. We traveled to Barcelona, Spain, in December to attend the International Elevator &...
