Middle East

VT Part of Burj Khalifa/Dubai Metro Station Expansion

Vertical-transportation (VT) equipment including new elevators and escalators is part of the planned expansion of the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Metro Station in Dubai, Gulf Business is among outlets to report. Dubai's Roads...

KONE Launches Customer Planning Tool in Middle East, Türkiye and Africa

KONE has introduced KONE Studio – an innovative digital service designed to make elevator planning faster, easier and more collaborative for customers — in the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa region. KONE...

Deyaar Unveils Dubai Downtown Residences Project

Dubai, U.A.E.’s Deyaar Development unveiled the plans for its Downtown Residences project, slated to be one of the tallest residential projects in the U.A.E., on June 10, The National News reports. As the...

Sobha Realty Launches Major New Dubai Development

Sobha Realty has launched Sobha Central, a landmark project on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road, Gulf Business reports. The urban, mixed-use project will feature six towers, 160,000 ft2 of high-street retail, 250,000 ft2 of green...

Türkiye’s AYSAD Holds 54th Ordinary General Assembly

The Elevator and Escalator Industrialists’ Association (AYSAD) of Türkiye convened its 54th Ordinary General Assembly on May 29 at the Machine Hangar Engineering and Technology Center Conference Hall in Kartal,...

Atlas Elevators Acquires 11,250 M² in Riyadh Expansion

Atlas National Elevators Factory Co., a 99%-owned subsidiary of Atlas Elevators General Trading and Contracting Co., acquired usufruct rights — allowing it to use and benefit from property while ownership...

TKE Awarded 55-Unit PBB Contract at KWI

TK Elevator (TKE) announced on May 26 it will provide, install and maintain 55 Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) at Kuwait International Airport (KWI) just south of the Kuwait City center....

KONE To Equip Dubai Residential Supertall With 38 VT Units

KONE has been selected by Dubai developer London Gate to equip the 1,476-ft-tall, 106-story Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower in Dubai Marina with 38 vertical-transportation (VT) units, KONE announced on May...

U.A.E.’s National Elevator Approaches 40th Anniversary

The U.A.E.'s National Elevators is proud to be approaching its 40th anniversary in 2026, General Manager Raja Mohamed Syed Ali said. Founded in 1986, National Elevators has evolved and risen...

India’s Stag Elevators Expands to Dubai

Bengaluru, India-headquartered Stag Elevators announced it has expanded to Dubai, offering energy-efficient, custom elevators for homes, penthouses, villas and bungalows in the growing U.A.E. market. Stag founder and CEO Sai...

JAPAN ELEVATOR SERVICE HOLDINGS APPOINTS BOD AND OTHER OFFICERS

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Appoints BoD and Other Officers

image courtesy of Port of Motril

Andalusian Cruise Ship Port Calls For Bids for Accessibility Project

ELEVATOR REGISTER HOPES TO BOOST SAFETY, MODERNIZATION

Elevator Register Hopes To Boost Safety, Modernization

Appana

In Memoriam: Eric Appana

The Faurbourg Elevator; photo by Jeangagnon for Wikimedia Commons

Quebec City’s Fauborg Elevator Reopens After Repairs