Europe

PEW Electrical Partners With XPO Screens for Lift Media Screens

Essex, U.K.-based PEW Electrical Distributors and Netherlands-based XPO Screens have partnered to introduce innovative lift media screen solutions to the U.K. lift market. XPO Screens delivers high quality, interactive lift...

Nordic Lift Expo To Return to Scanda Infra City in November 2024

The Nordic Lift Expo plans to return to Scanda Infra City just outside of Stockholm, Sweden, on November 12, 2024, following the first post-pandemic event held on January 31, 2023....

CTBUH 2024 Europe Conference Announced

The Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 Europe Conference will be held on April 18-19, 2024, in Istanbul, Türkiye. The gathering’s theme, “Future-Fit Cities: Safer, Adaptive Density...

Ziehl-Abegg Appoints Mayer New CTO

The supervisory board of Künzelsau, Germany-based Ziehl-Abegg SE has appointed Wolfgang Mayer as the company's new chief technology officer (CTO). Joining the global electric motor specialist from Kuka Robotics, Mayer's...

KONE Executive Board Changes Announced

Managing Director (MD) for KONE Middle East, Türkiye and Africa Nicolas Alchal has been appointed executive vice president (VP), Strategy & Transformation, as of January 1, 2025, succeeding Axel Berkling,...

Vietnam Elevator Media Channel’s Advantages, Potential

Chicilon Media, the building elevator media channel in Vietnam, is increasingly popular, covering more than 90% of advertising screens at buildings and offices — having installed up to 32,000 screens...

Hydroware UK Ltd. Announces New MD

Hydroware UK Ltd. has announced Mark Golder as the company’s managing director (MD), starting in January and succeeding Matt Thompson, who has been a significant contributor to Hydroware over the...

Alimak Investigates Sweden Accident, Reports Errors

After five people died in the fall of a construction site elevator in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 11, Alimak Group sent three senior experts to the accident site for observation,...

Sweden Elevator Fall Results in Deaths

Five people died in the fall of a construction site elevator in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 11, Reuters is among outlets to report. The construction elevator fell 20 m with...

Construction Begins on Baan Tower in the Netherlands

Construction has begun on Baan Tower in the remodeled Baan Quarter neighborhood of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Arch Daily reports. Seven years after the original draft, the project has recently...

88 Merivale Street; image © Koichi Takada Architects/Binyan Studios

Developer of Brisbane “Urban Forest” Seeks To Go Taller

Brooklyn Hospital Center; image courtesy of STO Building Group

Brooklyn Hospital Center Secures US$2 Million for Escalator Work

EAM TO HOST HOLIDAY SOCIAL ON NOVEMBER 13

EAM To Host Holiday Social on November 13

HITACHI LIFT INDIA RECEIVES ORDER FOR 56 ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS

Hitachi Lift India Receives Order for 56 Elevators and Escalators

The 125th Street and Broadway MTA station; photo by General Punger for Wikipedia

Inaccessibility at Key NYC Subway Station Focus of Meeting