Middle East

KONE Provides VT for World’s Tallest Sustainable Tower

KONE partnered with Al Wasl Properties to provide vertical-transportation (VT) solutions for the Wasl Tower, the world’s tallest sustainable tower, on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, the Khaleej Times reports....

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...

LIEMA: More Than 90% of Iran VT Components Domestically Made

More than 90% of the components and parts used in elevators and escalators in Iran are domestically made, Lift and Escalator Component Manufacturers Association of Iran (LIEMA) Head Samad Shafahi...

TKE Appoints Jackson Head of OSH — Asia Pacific

TK Elevator (TKE) has appointed Terry Jackson head of Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) — Asia Pacific, effective July 1. Jackson reports directly to TKE Asia Pacific CEO Jürgen Böhler,...

Orona To Showcase Orona Next Platform at TES Dubai

Orona, Europe’s fifth-largest provider of vertical-transportation solutions for people, plans to showcase the Orona Next platform at The Elevator Show (TES) Dubai on September 16-18 in a 50-m2 stall at...

Elevator Solutions Investment Co. Acquires Two Companies

Elevator Solutions Investment Co., a subsidiary of Mayar Holding Co., signed a binding purchase agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Saudi Installation Testing and Maintenance Co. (ITM Co....

2022 Export Champions of the Year Announced

With the sectoral experience of its manufacturers and strong collaborations in the international arena, Turkish Machinery presented certificates of achievement to the export leaders of the year in the machinery...

MMO Announced the Chamber Technical Report on Controls of Rope Transport Systems

In its report published on May 24, the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO) published the technical report of the chamber on the controls of rope transportation systems, especially cable cars....

“Seismic Zone Calculations in Lifts” from EMO and EAYSAD

"Seismic Zone Calculations in Lifts" seminar was held by The Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO) and Association of Aegean Lift and Escalator Industrialists (EAYSAD) at EMO Izmir Branch by Serdar...

TASFED Opens Fourth Lift Academy in Gaziantep

TASFED opened the fourth Lift Academy, which it established within Gaziantep Abdülhamithan Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, on May 31st with the leading members of the industry. After the...

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir