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Alimak Group To Hold Capital Markets Day on November 25

Alimak Group, a global provider of sustainable vertical access and working-at-height solutions, will hold its Capital Markets Day at Studio Puck, Kommendörsgatan 24, Stockholm, Sweden, on November 25. The Group invites investors,...

Otis Secures 29-Unit Modernization Contract in Sweden

Otis has secured a contract to modernize 29 escalators for A-Train AB, the operator of the Arlanda Express, which connects the Stockholm, Sweden, city center to Arlanda Airport. The project, starting...

Fermator Christmas Celebrations Held Throughout Europe

In addition to Brazil, Spain-based automatic lift door manufacturer Fermator highlighted Christmas celebrations held throughout Europe to bid farewell to 2024 as it “looks forward to an even brighter 2025.”...

Alimak Invests in Robotics Technology for Building Maintenance

Alimak Group and Skyline Robotics announced a five-year exclusive agreement on December 19 to develop automated Building Maintenance Units, or BMUs, for permanent façade access. Sweden-headquartered Alimak, which also designs...

KONE Providing Elevators for New Hospital in Sweden

KONE will equip Region Västmanland's new emergency hospital in Västerås, Sweden, with 20 elevators to ease accessibility for doctors, staff and patients in the 75,000-m2 facility, set to be inaugurated in...

Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Norway’s ALT Heis

Through wholly owned Swedish subsidiary Motum, Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp. acquired all shares of Norwegian elevator company ALT Heis, Mitsubishi Electric announced on November 29. The move follows the 2023...

Nordic Lift Expo to Welcome Record Number of Visitors

Partnering this year with Elevator World, Inc., the Nordic Lift Expo expects to welcome a record number of visitors to Scandic Infra City in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 12. Organizers...

Innovalift To Acquire Türkiye Lift Component Manufacturer Arkel

Innovalift, a group of companies that designs, manufactures and installs vertical and inclined platform lifts, on July 19 announced it signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in...

Missing Bolts Led To Deadly Stockholm Elevator Collapse

Missing bolts caused a construction elevator to collapse in a Stockholm, Sweden, suburb in December 2023, killing five people, the Swedish Investigation Authority determined, the Associated Press is among outlets...

150 TKE Victoria Escalators Enhance Accessibility at Guangzhou Baiyun Train Station

TK Elevator (TKE) announced on May 28 it provided 150 heavy-duty victoria escalators for the newly reopened Guangzhou Baiyun train station in Guangzhou, China. Positioned as one of China's cutting-edge...

Rendering of the Hilton Hawaiian Village addition; image courtesy of Hilton

36-Story Addition To Hilton Hawaiian Village Greenlit in Waikiki

NEXGEN 2026 EDUCATIONAL RETREAT TO SET SAIL IN SPRING

NexGen 2026 Educational Retreat To Set Sail in Spring

ATLAS ELEVATORS TO PROVIDE 34 ELEVATORS FOR MADINAH PROJECT

Atlas Elevators To Provide 34 Elevators for Madinah Project

CECA ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

CECA Announces Scholarship Winners

METRORAIL AUDIT HIGHLIGHTS VERTICAL-TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE CONCERNS

Metrorail Audit Highlights D.C. VT Maintenance Concerns