Europe
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...
Apex Lifts Wins 2023 RoSPA
Apex Lifts has been awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) award for health and safety for another consecutive year. This includes the RoSPA President's Award, which...
Alimak Group to Host Capital Markets Day in June
Global provider of sustainable vertical access and working-at-height solutions, Alimak Group invites investors, analysts, media and other key stakeholders to a Capital Markets Day on June 14. The hybrid event...
Paul Turner Appointed LEIA President for 2023
Paul Turner, technical director at Schindler, has been appointed as the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) president for 2023. Turner has been in the industry for more than 20...
