Europe
CTBUH UK Chapter To Host End-of-Year Celebration and Conference Launch
The U.K. chapter of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) plans to host an end-of-year celebration and launch of the 2024 “New or Renew” conference on the...
Schmersal Opens Branch in Saudi Arabia
The Schmersal Group, headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany, has expanded its global network with Schmersal Middle East Industrial Trading LLC, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Schmersal announced on November 28. The company...
IEES 2024 Date and Location Announced
As we approach the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium (IEES) next week in Scotland, the dates and location for the 2024 IEES have been announced. The 2024 edition of...
Warsaw Office Complex Project Receives Second-Phase Investment
Sweden-based development company Skanska has invested EUR100 million (US$109 million) in the second phase of Studio, an office complex in Warsaw, Poland. Located in the Wola district, the 27-story building...
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...
Schindler VT Equipment for Development That Includes New Bratislava Landmark
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided vertical-transportation (VT) equipment for Eurovea City, a mixed-use master-planned development on the Danube River in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava that includes Slovakia's tallest...
Glasgow City Council Develops New Tall-Building Guidance
The City Council in Glasgow, Scotland, has developed a new tall-building guidance that aims to make the city center more "livable, sustainable and diverse" as it grows, STV News reports....
CEDES Names Smans President of Business Development, IoT and Digital Products
Switzerland-headquartered sensor specialist CEDES AG recently named Daan Smans president of business development, Internet of Things (IoT) and digital products. Smans' professional experience includes being product director at relayr, where...
Schmidt Elevator Expands Presence, To Sign Agreement
Chongqing, China’s Schmidt Elevator Co., Ltd. has been actively expanding its domestic and international market presence this year, according to Yang Guang, vice president of Schmidt Elevator (Chongqing), iChongqing reports....