International News
Taiwan Power Outages Lead To Elevator Entrapments
Regional power outages in Taiwan recently snarled traffic as emergency workers responded to calls for rescue, including those trapped in elevators, Taipei Times reports. The Taipei Department of Economic Development said that...
Wittur Holding Taps Arora As Junior Group Controller
Wittur Holding GmbH has tapped Tarun Arora as junior group controller, based in Munich, Germany, Arora announced on LinkedIn. In this role, Arora reports directly to the head of Corporate...
Alimak Halts Russia Deliveries Over Situtation In Ukraine
Alimak Group announced March 4 that it will, for the time being, withhold its parts and services from delivery to Russia while the country is involved in a military situation...
Schindler India Names Business Development Manager, NI Sales
Schindler India recently named Tarisha Prakash business development manager, new installations (NI) sales. Based in Mumbai, Prakash brings approximately 10 years of professional experience, including nearly four years with Otis...
TÜV SÜD At Interlift: Impact Of Brexit, Cybersecurity
TÜV SÜD plans to address digitalization of lifts and the impacts of Brexit — including the U.K. Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking replacing the CE marking in Great Britain (excluding Ireland)...
KONE Suspends Parts, Service Deliveries To Russia
Russian military actions against Ukraine have prompted KONE to temporarily block delivery to Russia beginning March 3, the elevator/escalator construction and modernization reports. The company has also, for the time...
450 Homes In Five Towers Greenlit In North-West London
A TateHindle-designed plan for approximately 450 homes within towers ranging from 13 to 21 stories by Wembley Station in North-West London has been approved by housing authorities, who found potential...
TfL Concerned About HS2 Euston Station Design In London
Transport for London (TfL) has raised “several concerns” about HS2 Ltd.’s latest designs for London’s Euston Station, one of the stations serving the new HS2 high-speed railway that will form...
Schmersal Names Bogusch As Logistics Industry Manager
Schmersal, a designer of safety switchgear devices, has announced Marcel Bogusch as industry manager for the company’s logistics solutions, officials say. Bogusch, already with the Schmersal Group in the company’s...
KONE BoD Elects Board, Committee Members
The KONE Board of Directors (BoD) elected board and board committee members during its meeting on March 1. From among BoD members, Antti Herlin and Jussi Herlin were elected board...
