International News
Hyundai Elevator Co. Chair To Step Down
Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun will step down in December as chair of the board of directors at the group's elevator unit to help improve its governance structure, the company...
PLC Partners With SafeLine for Safer Line of Emergency Communications
The U.K.’s Platform Lift Company (PLC) has partnered with SafeLine, a Swedish company that manufactures open protocol safety accessories for lifts, to ensure that all emergency auto-dialers currently installed within...
Ontario-Based ATTA Elevators Expands To Quebec
ATTA Elevators, headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, announced the opening of a new office in Montreal, Quebec, on November 20. Leading the new office will be ATTA Montreal President Stephane...
Schindler VT Equipment for Development That Includes New Bratislava Landmark
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided vertical-transportation (VT) equipment for Eurovea City, a mixed-use master-planned development on the Danube River in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava that includes Slovakia's tallest...
KONE Providing 51 Elevators and More to New Development in Hangzhou
KONE has been tapped to provide a range of People Flow® solutions, including 51 MiniSpaceTM and 12 MonoSpace® elevators, to Zhejiang University Alumni Headquarters Economic Park in Hangzhou, East China,...
NEOM Announces Luxury Coastal Tourism Destination
NEOM, a new urban area planned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has announced its latest offering, a luxury tourism destination called Epicon, Al Arabiya News reports. Located on the...
Glasgow City Council Develops New Tall-Building Guidance
The City Council in Glasgow, Scotland, has developed a new tall-building guidance that aims to make the city center more "livable, sustainable and diverse" as it grows, STV News reports....
Closings for Thanksgiving
The U.S. offices of Elevator World, Inc. will be closed on November 23 and 24 for the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. They will open for regular business hours on...
EEP To Build New 62-Story HQ in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) plans to build a 62-story, US$440-million headquarters (HQ) in the center of the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian Monitor reports. Construction of the...
In Memoriam: Kenneth Lee Moerman
Kenneth Lee Moerman of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away in September at age 85. Moerman worked for Otis Elevator Co. for 43 years, starting as a mechanic and retiring as regional...
