Middle East

Arkel Electronic India Announces 100,000th Arcube Sale Milestone

Announcing its 100,000th ARCUBE sale milestone, a LinkedIn post by Arkel Electronic India said, “We're excited to share that we've reached a milestone: the sale of our 100,000th ARCUBE! Since...

The Elevator Show Dubai 2024 Coming in September

The Elevator Show (TES) Dubai 2024 will be held on September 16-18 to the iconic Dubai World Trade Centre. Registration is now open for visitors to the inaugural tradeshow, which...

Izmir, Türkiye, Establishes VT Maintenance/Repair Team

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in Türkiye has established a special 38-person team to maintain and repair 170 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 57 elevators and 113 escalators — on 127 overpasses throughout...

MEBS Unveils Residential Elevator for ASEAN, Middle East and Beyond

Tokyo-headquartered Mitsubishi Elevator Building Solutions Corp. (MEBS) has announced the availability of NEXIEZ-Fit, a low-rise residential elevator that combines strong cost performance with carefully selected specifications, for Association of Southeast...

Construction Resumes on Future World’s Tallest Jeddah Tower

Outlets including Architectural Digest (AD) report that construction has resumed on Jeddah Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which, at 3,281 ft, promises to be the world's tallest tower once completed...

KONE EVP People & Communications Role Transitions to Bridger

The KONE executive vice president (EVP), People & Communications, and Executive Board member role will transition from Susanne Skippari to Kaija Bridger, effective July 1. Beginning her career at KONE...

LECS UK Launches LECS UAE in Dubai

LECS UK, a leading independent lift and escalator engineering consultancy, has announced its expansion into the Middle East with the official launch of LECS UAE, based in Dubai. LECS CEO...

Hyundai Elevator Sings MOU With Saudi Arabia

On May 3, Hyundai Elevator signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cultural Affairs Department of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to exchange human resources (HR)...

New Gearless Machine and Control Panel from Istanbul Lift in its 10th Anniversary

Supplying complete systems to various countries from Istanbul, Istanbul Lift (ILALIFT) has started the mass production of gearless machines on which it has been working for a long time. As...

China Customs released data on the import and export of elevators and escalators in 2023

Elevator and escalator 2023 production data was released at the end of January by the China National Statistics Bureau, and the total number of units was 1.557 million, increasing 3.9%...

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