Europe
Otis Germany to Service More Than 130 Hospital Units
Otis Germany recently signed a service contract with EKK plus, a procurement vendor for municipal hospitals, making it the third contract between the two companies for service of elevator systems,...
Winning Student Teams for Otis’ Made to Move Communities Challenge
Otis Worldwide Corp. announced the winning student teams for its second annual Made to Move CommunitiesTM challenge, in which Otis volunteers mentored students to use their science, technology, engineering and...
Schmersal, View Elevator Partner to Develop Digitalized Lift Systems
Schmersal Böhnke + Partner, based in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, and View Elevator of Austria are working together to develop lift systems with a focus on digitalization, the companies announced on...
51-Story Towers Approved for Manchester
Simpson Haugh has won planning permission for two 51-story residential tower blocks in central Manchester, England, U.K. Building Design reported in March. Members of Manchester City Council’s planning and highways...
Jackson Lift Group Adds Escalators to Maintenance Contract
The Jackson Lift Group Manchester team recently won a maintenance contract for the escalators at the four-story Princes Quay Shopping Centre in Hull, the company announced on LinkedIn in April....
Cibes Lift Group Enters Agreement to Acquire Apex Lifts
Cibes Lift Group has entered an agreement to acquire Apex Lifts to strengthen their customer offering and presence in the U.K. market, Cibes announced in April. Cibes Lift Group will...
Otis Receives Approval Results of Spanish Firm’s Tender
Otis Worldwide Corp. received the results of its voluntary public tender offer to acquire the remaining 49.98% interest in the Spanish firm Zardoya Otis S.A., the company reported on April...
Mitsubishi Electric Acquiring Swedish Elevator Firm Motum
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is wholly acquiring Sweden-based Motum AB, which operates an elevator and automatic door business, mainly in Sweden, the Tokyo-based company announces. Noting that it formally agreed on...
New Tower Ready for Workers in Warsaw
Officials have obtained an occupancy to open Forest Tower, a 120-m-tall office building in Warsaw, Poland, Eurobuild reports. Built under developer HB Reaves of Slovak, the high-rise building is part...
38-Story Tower Blocks Proposed for Walthamstow
Tower blocks up to 38 stories high could soon appear in Walthamstow, U.K., as part of the regeneration of Blackhorse Lane, according to the BBC Local Democracy Service in a...
