France
First RMS AKE Escalator Installed in France
The consortium between RATP Maintenance Services (RMS) and AKE Europe recently commissioned its first new escalator in France for the city of Saint-Cloud. The result of an industrial partnership between...
Paris Bans Towers Taller Than 12 Stories After Tour Triangle Controversy
Following controversy over the 180-m-tall, 42-story Tour Triangle — the first skyscraper to be built in Paris since Tour Montparnasse more than 50 years ago — the city of Paris...
Latest CiA News and Activities
The nonprofit CAN in Automation (CiA) association recently shared news about its latest activities and more. CiA Managing Director Holger Zeltwanger provided an overview of CiA technical groups working to...
Paris Receives Award for Accessibility, Sustainability and Inclusion
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and the Sustainable Transport Award Committee recently named Paris, France, as the winner of the 2023 Sustainable Transport Award (STA). This honor...
Six New Escalators Inaugurated by Prince Albert II of Monaco
Prince Albert II of Monaco inaugurated six new escalators and a new Monabike electric bike share service in Beausoleil, France, just over the border from the Principality of Monaco, Monaco...
Soon to be Completed Paris Tower Gets Colorful Exterior
The 48-story, 220-m HEKLA Tower will be the tallest building in Paris’s La Défense business district, as well as the second tallest building in all of France when completed this...
A Quarter of French Elevators Need Quick Renovations
According to the Lift Federation in France, 25% of the country’s elevators are more than 40 years old and, according to a survey, 77% of the nation’s people want help...
Otis in La Défense, Paris
Double-Deck Elevators for Alto Tower Otis’ first SkyRise® double-deck elevators in France are part of a vertical-transportation (VT) system serving the new 150-m-tall Alto Tower, a 38-story office tower developed...
Paris and Manchester are among busy cities for the industry.
70-Plus KONE Elevators for Grand Paris Express Metro KONE has been selected by Société du Grand Paris (SGP) to provide more than 70 elevators to Line 15 of the Grand...
thyssenkrupp lands metro contract; big changes on the horizon for Paris skyline.
Escalator Modernization Order for thyssenkrupp thyssenkrupp won a contract to modernize 53 escalators on Line 2 of the Lille Metro in northern France, the “successful result of a longstanding customer...
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