Europe

25-Year-Old Falls to Her Death Down Elevator Shaft in Italy

A 25-year-old woman fell four stories down an empty elevator shaft to her death in Fasano, southern Italy, on July 1, Unilad is among outlets to report. The incident occurred...

Missing Bolts Led To Deadly Stockholm Elevator Collapse

Missing bolts caused a construction elevator to collapse in a Stockholm, Sweden, suburb in December 2023, killing five people, the Swedish Investigation Authority determined, the Associated Press is among outlets...

Germany’s Alois Kasper Expands Footprint With Acquisition

Alois Kasper GmbH, founded in 1945 in the western German state of Saarland, announced it has acquired Trierer Aufzugbau Baasch und Didong GmbH, further expanding its footprint in the Saarland-Rhine-Main...

KONE Installs 56 Escalators at Major New Paris Metro Station

KONE announced it provided 56 escalators as part of the vertical-transportation system at the new Saint-Denis-Pleyel station in Paris. The station is part of the Grand Paris Express, a major...

26 Otis VT Units for Redeveloped London Office Tower

Otis announced in June it installed 26 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 15 Gen2® lifts, seven platform lifts and four LinkTM escalators at One Exchange Square, a redeveloped, 13-story, 1990s office...

TfL Mulling VT Upgrades at East London Rail Station

Transport for London (TfL) is considering vertical-transportation (VT) upgrades and more at the Pontoon Dock Docklands Light Railway station in East London, Ian Visits reports. TfL filed an application with...

EFESME Members Tap Leaders, Discuss Future in Brussels

Members of the European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) elected leaders and discussed the future of the Federation during its Board of Directors meeting and General Assembly...

Liang Approved as FCIBSE Member

Hongliang Liang of London-based global vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy Aliang Lift Design Studio Ltd. announced his application for Fellow membership to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has been...

Knowsley Lift Services Celebrates Completion of Wales Job

Liverpool, U.K.-headquartered Knowsley Lift Services Ltd. recently celebrated the successful completion of a project that involved installing a new, 650-kg, five-floor lift manufactured by CTV Lifts of Málaga, Spain, for...

U.K., U.S. Consultancies Join Forces to Expand Footprint

D2E International VT Consultants Ltd, based in London, and Connecticut-based My Elevator Service have agreed to partner to better meet the needs of their global clients and expand their geographical...

Canopy over the escalator at the Embarcadero station; image courtesy of BART

BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates

Pankrác metro station platform; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Year-Long Construction Closes Two Prague Metro Stations

The station is served by Schindler escalators; photo by Marc A. Hermann for the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

NYC LIRR Among “Most Beautiful for Interior Design”

At the Royal Palace of Naples, an interactive virtual elevator transports you through four centuries of life in the palace; image via Finestre sull’ Arte.

Royal Palace of Naples Introduces Interactive Virtual Elevator Exhibit

DLF The Arbour; image courtesy of DLF

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India