Europe
TKE Celebrates Spanish National Day in U.A.E.
TK Elevator (TKE) celebrated 2022 Spanish National Day in the U.A.E. as one of the sponsors of an event organized by the emirate’s Spanish Business Council at the Emirates Palace...
Bond Street Station on Elizabeth Line Opens to Acclaim
Otis UK tells ELEVATOR WORLD a lot of people were dressed as James Bond the morning of October 24 as the Bond Street Station opened on London's West End, bringing...
Interim Change in KONE Regional Leadership
KONE Chief Financial Officer Ilkka Hara has taken on the additional role of interim leader for the South Europe and Mediterranean region, as region Executive Vice President Karla Lindahl plans...
London Build Speaker and Agenda Announced
London Build will once again be held at Olympia London on November 16-17 with more than 500 industry leaders taking the stage this year and 350-plus exhibitors. London Build 2022...
East London Council Expected to Greenlight Tower Plans
Councillors in east London are being advised to approve demolition of their current headquarters to make way for two SimpsonHaugh-designed residential towers, Building Design reports. Tower Hamlets Council’s strategic development...
LEEA’s 17th LiftEx Review, 2023 Date Announced
LiftEx, the flagship event of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), was held over two days in October at P&J Live in Aberdeen, Scotland. The event provided a one-stop shop...
U.K.-Based Insurer HSB Taps Business Development Managers
HSB, a provider of specialty insurance and inspection/risk-management services to industries including vertical transportation, has appointed Sharon Evans and Ross Tyler as business development managers, HSB announced on October 11....
LEEA Award Winners Announced
The fourth annual Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Awards winners were announced October 5 at the Awards Ceremony held at P&J Live in Aberdeen, Scotland. LEEA CEO Ross Moloney was...
Car and Driver Fall Down German Elevator Shaft
A woman in Stuttgart, Germany, plunged her car 35 ft down an elevator shaft after mistaking it for a parking spot on October 8, International Business Times reports. The 38-year-old...
28-Story “Green” Tower in Amsterdam to Start Construction
The 28-story, mixed-use Brink Tower in north Amsterdam is set to start construction this month, with city officials giving the Meccanoo-designed plan formal approval, Archinect reports. Named for the Dutch...
