Middle East
Bayraktar Appointed GM at Istanbul-Based EKA
Bilgehan Bozkurt, who served as deputy general manager (GM) and GM of Istanbul, Türkiye-based Emlak Konut Asansör (EKA), respectively, since its establishment, recently handed over the GM position he has...
Ellington Properties and DMCC Launch Pair of Residential Towers in Uptown Dubai
Ellington Properties, a leading developer in Dubai, and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) have launched Mercer House, consisting of two, 34-story residential towers rising above four podiums in Uptown...
TKE Egypt Provides 56 Elevators To New Alamein City Towers
TK Elevator (TKE) Egypt tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a total of 56 meta200 elevators to eight towers in the Alamein Downtown Towers project in New Alamein City in northwest...
Türkiye Construction Incident Results in Death
A 33-year-old elevator installer working at a construction site in the Yıldırım Beyazıt neighborhood, Yetim Street in the Çerkezköy district in Tekirdağ, a city on the north coast of Türkiye,...
CTBUH 2024 Europe Conference Announced
The Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 Europe Conference will be held on April 18-19, 2024, in Istanbul, Türkiye. The gathering’s theme, “Future-Fit Cities: Safer, Adaptive Density...
Agreement Signed To Market Saudi Elevator Products in Iraq
Saudi Arabia’s Mayar Holding Co. announced on December 20 it signed a contract with an Iraqi firm to market and maintain its elevator products in the country, Zawya reports. In...
KONE Executive Board Changes Announced
Managing Director (MD) for KONE Middle East, Türkiye and Africa Nicolas Alchal has been appointed executive vice president (VP), Strategy & Transformation, as of January 1, 2025, succeeding Axel Berkling,...
ELEVATOR WORLD Holiday Closings
The U.S. offices of Elevator World, Inc., will be closed on December 25 in observance of Christmas Day. Both the U.S. and Türkiye offices of Elevator World will be closed...
Iran Elevator and Escalator Symposium Planned for February
The 13th International Symposium on Elevators and Escalators will take place on February 22, 2024, at the Industrial Management Institute in Tehran, Iran. The event is organized by the Koosha...
Third Lift City Expo To Take Place in Saudi Arabia
Lift City Expo Riyadh is planned for October 28-30, 2024. The third iteration of the international conference for elevator and escalator technology, attachments and accessories in Saudi Arabia will take...
