International News
New Project Team Appointed for 24-Story Camden Tower
Cartwright Pickard has replaced Grid Architects on long-delayed plans to build a 24-story block of flats in Camden in London, U.K., Building reports. The 100 Avenue Road site was purchased by residential...
U.K. Project To Provide Much-Needed PBSA
Torsion Group, a Leeds, U.K.-based residential developer, contractor and operator, and Zenzic Capital, a real estate credit and special situations manager, recently hit a milestone in their Purpose-Built Student Accommodation...
Fermator Announces Relocation of Josep Monroig to Poland
Fermator Group, a global leader in the manufacturing of automatic door systems for lifts, has announced a key strategic move as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen operations and...
U.K. Railway Station Sees Lift Repair Complete
Passengers using Bradford Forster Square station in Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K., are now once again able to make use of the station’s lift, Rail Advent reports. The lift was deemed...
Armenia Capital Pushes for Old Elevator Replacement
All old elevators in residential buildings in Yerevan, Armenia, must be replaced within four years, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan said on September 23, ARKA News Agency reports. The head of...
India Residential Tower Facing Elevator Issues
Approximately 1,000 people living in the TT block of the 13-floor Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) tenement in Sathiamurthy Nagar, India, have been relying on a single lift...
Luxury Residential Porsche Design Tower Planned in Bangkok
In collaboration with Ahanda Development, the design subsidiary of Porsche AG — which itself is a subsidiary of Germany’s Volkswagen Group — plans the 21-story, 95-m-tall Porsche Design Tower in...
Griffin Elevators Highlights SIMS4Lifts Partnership
Griffin Elevators Ltd., based in Romford, East London, recently highlighted the benefits of its partnership with Sims4Lifts, co-founded by Chaim Grunfeld. Griffin Elevators, founded in 1994 by Ian Griffin, joined...
Deadline Extended for Elevcon 2025 Abstract Submission
Organizers of Elevcon 2025, the 24th International Congress on Vertical-Transportation (VT) Technologies, planned on June 17-19, 2025, in Lisbon, Portugal, have extended the deadline to submit abstracts to September 30....
KONE Announces Ambitious New 2025-2030 Strategy “Rise”
On September 19, KONE announced its ambitious new 2025-2030 strategy, "Rise," with which it aims to lead in employee and customer experience, sustainability, innovation, growth and profitability. Effective January 1,...
