Europe
Jackson Lift Group on Path To Net Zero By 2030
Approved Lift Consultants, an independent lift, escalator, travelator and elevator audit firm, recently shared on LinkedIn about the sustainability strides of Jackson Lift Group's Path to Net ZERO by 2030....
Interlift To Move From Augsburg to Nuremberg Starting in 2025
After more than 30 years in Augsburg, Germany, interlift, the world’s leading trade fair for elevators held every two years, will move to Nuremberg, Germany, VFA-Interlift e.V. and AFAG Messen...
Liverpool SPD Aims To Preserve City’s Historic Character
Liverpool City Council in the U.K. is set to approve a supplementary planning document (SPD) intended to help ensure new tall structures make a positive contribution to the city skyline...
U.K. Lift Industry Experts Form New Specialist Business
Formed in the early part of 2023, Construct Lifts Ltd. is a specialist business providing a U.K.-wide major unit, parts and ancillaries service for the supply of GMV, Peelle Door...
KONE Announces Executive Board Changes
Axel Berkling has been appointed executive vice president (VP), Commercial & Operations. He will continue to be part of the KONE Executive Board, reporting to Henrik Ehrnrooth, president and CEO,...
U.K. Man in Coma After Escalator Incident
A Doncaster, U.K., man is in a coma after suffering injuries when he fell down a “broken” escalator at the city’s transport interchange, the Doncaster Free Press reports. The man’s...
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...
In Memoriam: Yee Meng Foo
Yee Meng Foo, a longtime employee of KONE U.K., passed away on August 26 after a short illness. He was 71. Joining KONE U.K. in 1988, Foo was a design...
Jackson Collaborates With Meteor Löher
Jackson, the U.K.’s largest lift, escalator and cradle maintenance company, has confirmed its collaboration agreement with Meteor Löher. The agreement relates to the manufacture of Löher’s escalators and moving walks...
Apex Lifts To Again Participate in U.K. Housing Sector Event
Apex Lift & Escalator Engineers is a sponsor, as well as an exhibitor, at the South East Consortium’s (SEC) 2023 annual event on November 1 at the London Stadium in...
