Ireland

Otis UK Sells Liftec Express to Rcapital Partners

Otis UK announced on June 2 the sale of its 100% shareholding in Liftec Express Ltd. to Rcapital Partners LLP. DC Advisory advised Otis on the transaction, the terms of...

Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Ireland’s Ascension Lifts

Through Stockholm, Sweden-based subsidiary Motum AB, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. acquired Dublin, Ireland-headquartered Ascension Lifts, Mitsubishi Electric announced on April 30. Mitsubishi Electric and its Tokyo-based subsidiary, Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions...

MP Lifts Hosts MP Open Days For U.K. And Ireland Professionals

MP Lifts organized the MP Open Days event for consultants, construction project managers and lift companies from the U.K. and Ireland. These seminars, held in Seville, Spain, in October, were...

Start Elevator’s O’Shea To Run Marathon for Cancer Research

Start Elevator Owner and President Jack O'Shea will run the upcoming New York City Marathon to raise awareness and funds for multiple myeloma research, yahoo finance reports. O'Shea's marathon journey...

Harmar Mobility Acquires Pollock Lifts

Headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, Harmar Mobility, a leading stairlift and mobility device lift manufacturer, has acquired Pollock Lifts, based in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, yahoo finance reports. This acquisition follows Harmar’s...

CP Automation Announces Partnership With Tele Radio

Lincolnshire, U.K.-based crane and hoist control specialist CP Automation has agreed to a new partnership with Tele Radio in the U.K. and Ireland to expand its range of wireless and...

PLC Partners With SafeLine for Safer Line of Emergency Communications

The U.K.’s Platform Lift Company (PLC) has partnered with SafeLine, a Swedish company that manufactures open protocol safety accessories for lifts, to ensure that all emergency auto-dialers currently installed within...

AKE Welcomes Hughes as U.K. Country Manager

AKE Aufzüge & Fahrtreppen GmbH, headquartered in Baesweiler, Germany, recently announced it has named Gareth Hughes as U.K. country manager. Hughes joins AKE from Orton Lifts & Escalators, where he...

Long-Empty Dublin Office Tower Set for Residential Conversion

The Sentinel Building, a 14-story structure intended to be an office building in Sandyford, Dublin, Irland, is set to undergo a residential conversion with Dante Property Co. Ltd. applying for...

Paul Turner Appointed LEIA President for 2023

Paul Turner, technical director at Schindler, has been appointed as the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) president for 2023. Turner has been in the industry for more than 20...

Biodiverse plan for 1 Silk Street; image courtesy of SOM

1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan

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KONE on CDP 2024 Supplier Engagement A List

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Godwin Joins CEDES as a Key Account Manager

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MEGA Bill Passed in North Carolina

ALIMAK ACQUIRES TEXAS-BASED INDUSTRIAL ELEVATOR BUSINESS

Alimak Acquires Texas-Based Industrial Elevator Business