Middle East

Total of TRY45-Million in Penalty Fines for Lift Companies

The Ministry of Industry and Trade recently announced the 2023 Market Surveillance and Inspection results. According to the report, 32,101 products were inspected last year, and a total of TRY81.28...

TASIS Wins 84 Lawsuits Filed in 2023

The All Elevator Industry Employers' Union (TASIS) published its 2023 activity report. Established at the end of 2022, the union extensively toured Türkiye in 2023, conducting more than 50 meetings...

Osman Aşkın Bak, Minister of Youth and Sports:

All Dormitories Are Visited One by One, and Lift Systems Are Inspected Osman Aşkın Bak, Minister of Youth and Sports, stated that they have appointed engineers to individually inspect the...

The Future Will Come Out of This Hangar!

The inauguration ceremony for the Makina Hangar — Science, Engineering and Technology Center, a collaborative project between Kartal Municipality and the Istanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO),...

Asansör Dünyası Begins Publication: 1996

ELEVATOR WORLD magazine celebrated its 70th anniversary last year. Last year, in each issue, we shared the development of our publication over the decades with you through the articles of...

Regulator, Brake and UCM Systems Workshop Organized by TASFED

The Regulator, Brake and (Unintended Car Movement) UCM Systems Workshop, organized by the Turkish Elevator Industrialists' Federation (TASFED), took place on March 6 at Ankara H&M Commerce Hotel. The workshop...

Evatek and Savera Group Join Forces

Evatek, one of the leading companies in the Turkish elevator industry, took the name Savera Eva Elevator as a result of its partnership with Savera Group. Evatek, among the leading...

ANASDER’s Board of Management Has Changed

The 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Anatolian Elevator Association (ANASDER) was held on March 2 at the association's office in Ankara. ANASDER, one of the well-established associations of the...

Workshop on Improvement and Development of Elevator Activities

All Elevator Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TASİAD) and All Elevator Industry Employers' Union (TASİS) hosted the "Workshop on the Improvement and Development of Elevator Activities" on February 28-29 in Kızılcahamam,...

Otis VT System for High-End Residential Towers in Dubai’s MBR City

Otis will equip Sobha Creek Vista Heights in Dubai's Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR) City with a vertical-transportation (VT) system that includes 22 Skyrise® elevators with speeds of up to 6...

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