Europe
KONE To Modernize 14 Network Rail Escalators in Liverpool
Network Rail, the U.K.'s main railway infrastructure owner and manager, has tapped KONE to modernize 14 escalators serving major stations on the Merseyrail network in Liverpool, KONE announced on April...
KONE To Provide VT To Triple-Tower Complex in London
KONE has won an order to provide a suite of vertical-transportation (VT) products for 2 Trafalgar Way in Tower Hamlets, part of a mixed-use student accommodation complex on the edge...
Wittur Group Appoints Neumeier New CFO
Germany-based elevator components manufacturer The Wittur Group has appointed Gero Neumeier as its new chief financial officer (CFO). He succeeds interim CFO Bob Rajan. Neumeier has more than two decades...
Barroso Named President of AECAE
Eugenio Barroso, CEO of Seville, Spain-headquartered MP Lifts, has been named president of AECAE, the Spanish Association of Lift Components Manufacturers. Barroso succeeds Jesús de la Peña, who remains a...
Long Out-of-Service Escalators at Busy Liverpool Station Being Repaired
The Liverpool Council has confirmed that a pair of long out-of-service escalators at the entrance to one of the busiest train stations on the Merseyrail network in Liverpool, U.K., is...
CalTech Lifts Brothers Buy New HQ To Pave Way for Next Phase of Growth
Andrew and Fraser Renwick, the brothers who run Dundee, Scotland-headquartered Caltech Lifts, have embarked on the next phase of their plan to grow to GBP6 million (US$7.5 million) turnover and...
WSP Taps Yaghobi To Lead VT Department
WSP USA, part of WSP, a global provider of engineering, environment and professional services, has tapped Sean Yaghobi as vertical-transportation (VT) department manager. Based at WSP USA's NYC office, Yaghobi...
Cibes Lift Group Announces Fourth U.S. Acquisition
Sweden-based Cibes Lift Group has acquired Area Access Inc., a distributor of vertical lifts headquartered in Virginia, expanding its presence in the U.S. and strengthening its capacity to deliver innovative...
Registration Open for Lift Expo Poland
The inaugural Lift Expo Poland international lift, components and vertical-transportation technology trade fair will be held October 1-3 at Expo XXI Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland. The theme of the event...
EngineeringUK Responds to Apprenticeships Reforms Announcement
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is promising to create up to 20,000 more apprenticeships with a series of reforms including fully funding training for young people and cutting red tape...
