Europe

Apex Lifts Fundraises for U.K. Sensory Suite

Apex Lifts — London's largest independent lift manufacturing and servicing company — with the help of grants received from the Royal Warrant Charity Fund and South East Consortium, helped fundraising...

Italy’s ANACAM To Host Regional Seminar in Sicily

The Sicily division of Anacam (Italian elevator association) plans to host a regional seminar on April 20 at the Hotel Torre del Sud in Modica, Sicily. Also open to condominium...

Apex Lifts Named A Finalist in Construction Awards for Innovation

U.K.-based Apex Lifts announced it has been named a finalist in the Constructing Excellence SECBE Awards 2023 in the Innovation category for LiftWatch — an interactive client portal allowing users...

Planning Permission Granted for 15-Story Hotel in the U.K.

London’s Latitude Architects has secured detailed planning permission for a 15-story hotel on a street in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, U.K., Building Design reports. The 89-room proposal...

Glenn Howells Reveals Replacement for Never-Realized Birmingham Tower

U.K.-based Glenn Howells Architects unveiled plans for a 32-story tower containing 294 build-to-rent flats at 100 Broad Street in Birmingham, U.K., Architects' Journal reports. In 2019, Birmingham City Council approved...

EU’s Tallest Building, Varso, Gains Another Tenant

The tallest building in the European Union (EU), Varso in Warsaw, Poland, gained another tenant with the Polish branch of German software developer SAP moving into 1,400 m2 on the...

PR Lift Equipment Welcomes Technical Support Specialist

PR Lift Equipment, a U.K.-based independent lift supplier, has announced the addition of Ryad Atrouche as technical support specialist. Atrouche formerly worked at Arkel Electric Electronic in Türkiye and has...

Upcoming Liftinstituut Trainings Focus on Security and Safety

Liftinstituut and LiftAcademy will offer live training courses on cybersecurity and functional safety June 5-9 at the Dutch Design Hotel Artemis in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Addressing these hot topics within...

Date and Venue Set for UK Lift Industry Golf Day

A date and venue have been set for the 2023 UK Lift Industry Golf Day. Richard Annable, managing director of Bennington, U.K.-headquartered Kapok 88, says the company is now accepting...

A Very Special Man

Longtime mayr CEO Fritz Mayer passes away at age 96. by Simone Dauer At age 96 and after more than half a century as CEO of mayr® power transmission, Fritz...

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BOD PLAN TO REPLACE ESCALATORS

New Jersey Transit BoD Plan to Replace Escalators

WEEF HOLDS SECOND IN-PERSON MEETING IN FRANKFURT

WEEF Holds Second In-Person Meeting in Frankfurt

The Torch at 640 Eighth Avenue takes its place on the Midtown Manhattan skyline; rendering courtesy of ODA and SLCE Architects

TEI Group Awarded Major 30-Unit Contract at The Torch

TKE CONSIDERING US$22.7-BILLION IPO IN U.S. IN 2026

TKE Considering US$22.7-Billion IPO in U.S. in 2026

Hiyaa Towers; image courtesy of Architecture Association Maldives

Progress Made on Elevator Installation in Maldive Towers