International News

Key India Rail Hub Opens Escalators and New Booking Office

Newly constructed booking office and escalators at the second entrance of Kottayam Railway Station in India were inaugurated and opened to the public on November 12 by the Union Minister...

Huasheng Fujitec Elevator Wins NY Product Design Award

HUASHENG FUJITEC Elevator Co., Ltd., the Shanghai-based production arm of Fujitec, received the Silver Winner Award for the DF-f destination floor registration unit in the 2024 NY Product Design Awards,...

TASFED Black Sea Regional Meetings

The Turkish Lift Industrialists Federation (TASFED) Board of Directors organized a series of meetings in Samsun and Trabzon in October. by Gülay Pala On October 11, 2024, TASFED Board Members...

TASÄ°AD’s Visit to Karabük

TASİAD, the All Lift Industrialists and Businessmen Association, is initiating new projects across Türkiye and recently conducted a series of visits in Karabük.  by Aysun Aksoy On October 11, the...

Earthquake Lifts Symposium from Decosan

The Earthquake Lift Symposium organized by Decosan, a manufacturing company in Diyarbakır, was held November 1-2, 2024. Earthquakes, a reality in our country, have been a bitter experience for centuries...

Ontario Office-to-Residential Conversion Act Voted Down

The Ford Government of Ontario, Canada, voted down the Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Act 2024, which would have cut red tape and sped up such conversions by up to two years as...

Schindler Lifts Australia Promotes Montresor to MD

Schindler Lifts Australia has promoted Stefano Montresor to managing director (MD) of Schindler Lifts Australia, where he had a 14-year-long career in various positions. In 2010, Montresor joined the company...

Stannah Wins Network Rail Lift and Escalator Service Contract

Stannah, headquartered in Andover, U.K., announced it signed a new, potentially GBP50-million (US$63.7-million) five-year contract with Network Rail to service its lifts and escalators. Significantly, the contract includes escalator maintenance...

Schindler To Provide Elevators For Cairo NAC Project

Cairo, Egypt-based MGB Developments announced on November 11 it has inked an agreement with Schindler to provide elevators for the new PUKKA residential project in Cairo's New Administrative Capital (NAC)....

Bucher Hydraulics Acquiring Finland’s Hydman Oy

Bucher Hydraulics, the Germany-based global provider of innovative hydraulic drive and control technology for applications including elevators, announced on November 13 it is acquiring Hydman Oy, based in Tampere, Finland....

AGVs that are able to integrate with elevators navigate the MMUH; image courtesy of Otis.

Robots Integrate With Otis Elevators at MMUH in U.K.

NAESA NEW YORK ELEVATOR MECHANIC SEMINAR COMING UP IN BLAUVELT

NAESA New York Elevator Mechanic Seminar Coming Up in Blauvelt

U.K.’S HSE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

U.K.’s HSE Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Designed by ADC, the mega development will include retail, dining, cultural and entertainment facilities, offices, serviced apartments and a five-star hotel; image courtesy of KONE.

KONE VT for Resort and Commercial Hub in Cambodia

JAPAN ELEVATOR SERVICE HOLDINGS OPENS NEW REGIONAL HEAD OFFICE

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens New Regional Head Office