Europe
VFA Board Confirmed
After three years of being forced to take a break due to COVID-19, almost 150 participants came together in Munich, Germany, recently for the VFA general meeting. During the meeting,...
Schmersal Group Stops Supply To Russia
Schmersal Group, an international leader in machine safety with a comprehensive range of safety switchgear products, has instructed its sales partner for Russia to stop the supply of safety switchgear...
Wittur Holding Taps Arora As Junior Group Controller
Wittur Holding GmbH has tapped Tarun Arora as junior group controller, based in Munich, Germany, Arora announced on LinkedIn. In this role, Arora reports directly to the head of Corporate...
Alimak Halts Russia Deliveries Over Situtation In Ukraine
Alimak Group announced March 4 that it will, for the time being, withhold its parts and services from delivery to Russia while the country is involved in a military situation...
TÜV SÜD At Interlift: Impact Of Brexit, Cybersecurity
TÜV SÜD plans to address digitalization of lifts and the impacts of Brexit — including the U.K. Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking replacing the CE marking in Great Britain (excluding Ireland)...
450 Homes In Five Towers Greenlit In North-West London
A TateHindle-designed plan for approximately 450 homes within towers ranging from 13 to 21 stories by Wembley Station in North-West London has been approved by housing authorities, who found potential...
TfL Concerned About HS2 Euston Station Design In London
Transport for London (TfL) has raised “several concerns” about HS2 Ltd.’s latest designs for London’s Euston Station, one of the stations serving the new HS2 high-speed railway that will form...
Schmersal Names Bogusch As Logistics Industry Manager
Schmersal, a designer of safety switchgear devices, has announced Marcel Bogusch as industry manager for the company’s logistics solutions, officials say. Bogusch, already with the Schmersal Group in the company’s...
TKE Converting European Factories To 100% Renewable Energy
Since the beginning of 2022, Düsseldorf, Germany-headquartered TK Elevator's (TKE) escalator and elevator factories in Spain and Germany have been operating exclusively with green electricity. The move marks the next...
Loss, Pandemic Shift Dates Of Elevcon To June 2023
In light of the recent loss of two men who were instrumental to The International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) and Elevcon, Ami Lustig and Joseph Stier, as well as...
