Europe
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...
EFESME President Meets With EECMAI, Attends ISEE in India
European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EFESME) President Massimo Bezzi recently strengthened ties in India by meeting with an Indian association and attending a major event. On December...
Architects’ Journal Small Projects Award Program Open for Entries
Now in its 28th year, the annual Architects’ Journal (AJ) Small Projects Award, run in association with Marley, is now open for entries. The award program celebrates completed projects with...
Pickerings Lifts Adds 14th Regional Office
Pickerings Lifts has announced the opening of its 14th regional office at Unit R4, Parkway, Capital Business Park, Cardiff, U.K. Led by Regional Manager Morgan Gray and Operations Manager Clive...
