Europe
Titan Elevators Personnel Changes
U.K.-based Titan Elevators recently welcomed Hannah Reeves as a new trainee in December. Reeves has joined the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) programme and is a trainee working full-time alongside one...
KONE to Provide 17 VT Units to New Stockholm Metro Station
KONE has been selected by NCC Sweden, general contractor for the new Hagastaden station of Sweden's Stockholm Metro, to provide a range of PeopleFlow® solutions, including 17 vertical-transportation (VT) units....
Titan Elevators Achieves Safety Accreditation
U.K.’s Titan Elevators recently announced that it has achieved SafeContractor Accreditation for another year. Alcumus SafeContractor is one of the largest SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement) schemes accredited with the...
AKE Starts New Year With Largest-Yet Europe Order
AKE Aufzüge & Fahrtreppen GmbH, headquartered in Baesweiler, Germany, started 2023 with its largest single order in Europe to date, AKE Europe Managing Director Norman Rosnersky tells ELEVATOR WORLD. On...
Couple Dies in Residential Elevator Accident
An Armenian couple has died due to an elevator malfunction in a residential building in Tbilis, the capital of Georgia, News.am reports. On January 14, the man fell into the...
KONE Receives EUR200-Million Loan to Support R&D
In December, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it signed a EUR200-million (US$216.4 million) loan with KONE to support R&D for more energy-efficient and intelligent elevators, escalators, moving walks, components...
interlift 2023 Expects More Joint Participation
AFAG Messen, organizer of interlift 2023 on October 17-20 in Augsburg, Germany, expects more joint participation than in 2019, as well as several countries that will be represented in new...
Knowsley Starts New Year with Lift Project at London’s “Old Vic”
Knowsley Lift Services Ltd., headquartered in Liverpool, U.K., began the new year with a lift replacement at the historic Old Victoria Theatre in London. The scope of work includes removing...
Jackson Lift Group Completes M&S Lift Modernization in Bristol
Jackson Lift Group recently announced completion of a lift modernization project at the Marks & Spencer (M&S) department store and food hall at the Cribbs Causeway shopping complex just north...
Moscow Escalator Mishap Lands Boy in Hospital
An 11-year-old boy was hospitalized as a result of getting his head stuck between the balustrade and moving handrail of an escalator at the Okruzhnaya railway station in suburban Moscow...
