U.K.
Bookings Now Open for LIFTEX 2025 in London
Exhibition bookings have opened for LIFTEX 2025 with strong support from Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) members, following the success of the 2022 event. LIFTEX is the tri-annual trade...
Battersea Power Station’s Lift 109 in London To Present “Book Tasting”
In recognition of World Book Day on March 7, Battersea Power Station’s unique glass elevator experience, Lift 109 in London, plans to host the “Sky-High Reading Nook,” which will transform...
Schaffer and Colleagues To Present Elevator Forum Roadshow in Five European Countries
Together with manufacturers Meiller, Ziehl-Abegg, NEWLIFT, Danfoss, ALGI and CEDES, Schaefer GmbH will host the Elevator Forum Roadshow throughout 2024 at eight locations in five European countries. Geared toward lift...
U.K.’s Invertek Provides Smooth and Safe Transit in Brazil With Specialized VFD
Invertek Drives Ltd, based in Welshpool, Wales, U.K., provided its Optidrive elevator variable frequency drive (VFD) to a new panoramic lift at the Municipal Astronomical Park in Criciúma, Brazil. Reaching...
U.K.’s Access BDD Adds Four to North American Team
Access BDD, the Stockton-on-Tees, U.K.-based division of TK Access Solutions Ltd., recently announced a "significant stride" in its expansion into the U.S. and Canada with the addition of four new...
Entries Now Open for the AJ Architecture Awards
Architects’ Journal has announced the return of the AJ Architecture Awards for the seventh consecutive year. Open to all practices regardless of size or scale, these awards highlight the very...
15th Symposium on Lift & Escalators Technologies Issues Second Call for Papers
Organizers of the 15th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies in Kettering, U.K., have issued a second call for papers. Abstracts of up to 300 words may be submitted by...
24-Story Tower Approved in London
Fletcher Priest has been given the green light for a 24-story tower that will be partially cantilevered over a listed Victorian bath house in London, U.K., Building Design reports. The...
Plans Approved for 40-Story Tower in Sheffield, U.K.
Hodder & Partners has been given the green light for plans to demolish a former Primark building in Sheffield, U.K., city center and replace it with a 40-story residential tower,...
UK Lift and Escalator Hires Technical Sales Engineer
Paul Baird has joined UK Lift and Escalator’s Modernization and New Installation team as technical sales engineer. Baird is a sales professional with almost 40 years in the lift and...
