Europe
Gatwick Airport Station VT Upgrade Hits Milestone
The upgrade to Gatwick Airport station in West Sussex, England, U.K., hit a milestone in early February as the final three of eight new escalators were lifted into place at...
Busy market generates work for construction and vertical-transportation industries
KONE Providing Lifts, Escalators for London High Rise KONE has won an order to supply 15 custom-made elevators and escalators for the new “Arbor” office building at Western Yards, phase...
Contracts buoy optimism
Maspero Elevatori Handling VT Portion of UN European HQ Andrea Maspero Maspero Elevatori has been awarded a more-than-EUR2.8-million (US$3.4-million) contract for the vertical-transportation (VT) portion of renovation of the historic...
DOPPLER Solutions in Germany
A range of lift types is examined. Germany is one of the largest consumer markets in Europe, in both population and purchasing power, as well as one of the largest...
Please Touch Me. Not!
In this Readers' Platform, your author describes HMI systems for touchless operation, including those from his Germany-headquartered company. by Rudolf Sosnowsky Do you know the theremin? It's an almost forgotten...
EFESME Makes Progress Through VmA Partnership
Collaborations ensure elevator SMEs will find voice and fulfillment. submitted by EFESME EFESME, by its nature in the European Federation to protect and support lift small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),...
VDI Standards Set in Germany
Engineers set the current state of the art The Association of German Engineers (VDI, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) is the third-largest German technical standardization body. It issues up to 250 standards...
Battersea Station’s Glass Elevator to Open Next Year
A glass elevator that will run up the inside of one of Battersea Power Station’s chimneys in London before popping up out of the top for a view will open...
Swearings-in at association join rail and tall building plans made for London.
LEIA Announces New Leadership Alastair Stannah Paul Turner The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) recently announced Alastair Stannah, managing director of Stannah Lifts, and Paul Turner, technical director of...
Mainland high-rise news includes contracts let
Tall residential buildings planned, and timber being used in high rises. High-Rise Residences Multiply in Moscow Low interest rates, government-backed cheap mortgages and lockdown exemptions for construction companies are fueling...
