International News
London Build Speaker and Agenda Announced
London Build will once again be held at Olympia London on November 16-17 with more than 500 industry leaders taking the stage this year and 350-plus exhibitors. London Build 2022...
20-Story Luxury Hotel Planned Near Osaka Castle in Japan
Capella Hotel Group plans to open the second hotel worldwide under the Patina Hotels & Resorts brand near Osaka Castle in Osaka, Japan, by 2025, Japan Property Central reports. Following...
Woman in Tel Aviv Seriously Injured in Elevator Shaft Fall
A 77-year-old woman in Tel Aviv, Israel, was hospitalized in serious condition as a result of falling three stories down an elevator shaft of an under-renovation building, The Times of...
Ping Named KONE Malaysia MD
Teoh Tze Ping, who has more than 20 years' experience in the energy, electronics and IT industries, including in managerial positions, has been named KONE Malaysia managing director (MD). In...
East London Council Expected to Greenlight Tower Plans
Councillors in east London are being advised to approve demolition of their current headquarters to make way for two SimpsonHaugh-designed residential towers, Building Design reports. Tower Hamlets Council’s strategic development...
LEEA’s 17th LiftEx Review, 2023 Date Announced
LiftEx, the flagship event of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), was held over two days in October at P&J Live in Aberdeen, Scotland. The event provided a one-stop shop...
Parts Ordered for VT Maintenance at Malaysia Transit Stations
Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd, operator of the rapid transit system serving Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley area in Malaysia, announced that it has ordered the spare parts needed to...
U.K.-Based Insurer HSB Taps Business Development Managers
HSB, a provider of specialty insurance and inspection/risk-management services to industries including vertical transportation, has appointed Sharon Evans and Ross Tyler as business development managers, HSB announced on October 11....
CTBUH’s “Sustainable High-Rise Buildings” Book Now Available
The book “Sustainable High-Rise Buildings: Design, Technology, and Innovation,” a collaboration between the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and longtime collaborators Kheir Al-Kodmany, Peng Du and Mir...
59 Otis Units for Massive Montreal Mixed-Use Development
Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it received an order to supply 59 vertical-transportation units — including 35 Gen3TM elevators with sustainable ReGenTM drives — for the Royalmount mixed-use project being developed...
