Middle East

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...

WSP Taps Yaghobi To Lead VT Department

WSP USA, part of WSP, a global provider of engineering, environment and professional services, has tapped Sean Yaghobi as vertical-transportation (VT) department manager. Based at WSP USA's NYC office, Yaghobi...

Foster + Partners Behind Plans for World’s Tallest Building

Architects’ Journal has announced that Foster + Partners is working on a multibillion-dollar project to build the world’s tallest building — a 2-km-high skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, twice the...

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New Elevators and Escalators at Southern India Railway Station

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In Memoriam: William “Bill” O’Connor

New installation sales have been driven by TKE’s energy-efficient, digitally native EOX elevator for low- to mid-rise buildings; image courtesy of TKE.

TKE Reports Financial Results With Sales Gains Driven by EOX

Canopy over the escalator at the Embarcadero station; image courtesy of BART

BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates

Pankrác metro station platform; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Year-Long Construction Closes Two Prague Metro Stations