International News

U.K.’s HSE Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) celebrated its 50th Anniversary on January 1, half a century after its official launch on the first day of 1975. The HSE was...

KONE VT for Resort and Commercial Hub in Cambodia

KONE announced on January 9 it was awarded a comprehensive vertical-transportation (VT) contract by Chinese foreign-investment firm Peninsula Bay Investment Co., Ltd., to provide a suite of People Flow® solutions to...

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens New Regional Head Office

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co., Ltd. opened a new regional head office, in Kita Shinetsu, in Nagano, Japan, on January 1, 2025, the Business Insider reports. The company aims to enhance its...

AKE Project Manager Transitions from Türkiye to Germany

AKE Aufzuge & Fahrtreppen GmbH Project Manager Çağri Kanar announced on LinkedIn he has "officially swapped kebabs for pretzels" and is assuming the same position for AKE in Germany. "After...

ATTA Elevators Completes Rebuild of Schindler Units in Ottawa

ATTA Elevators, a full-service independent elevator and escalator company based in Ontario, Canada, announced it has completed rebuilding two Schindler inclined moving walks in collaboration with Leading Edge Escalators (LEE)....

Inspectors Face Unique Challengers in War-Torn Israel

Yuval Valiano-Rips of Israel-based elevator inspection and consulting firm Rips Elevators Group says his team of elevator safety inspectors are facing the unique and challenging task of assessing elevators in...

In Memoriam: Stephen Fall

Stephen Fall, managing director, International, of Lerch Bates (LB) with offices in Europe, the U.K., India and Dubai, passed away suddenly on December 23, 2024, of natural causes. Based in...

Türkiye’s 2024 Export Champions of the Year Announced

In the “Büyüme Makinesi” bulletin published in Türkiye on December 24, 2024, the Machinery Exporters’ Association announced Türkiye’s export champions based on their performance. Association member companies were listed according...

Second Lift Expo Italia Held

The second Lift Expo Italia was held in Milan, Italy, on December 4-6, 2024, by the Italian National Association of Elevator Components Industries (ANICA). Organized for the second time by...

Fiji Hospital Patients Facing Elevator Delays

Patients at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, Fiji, who need surgery are not getting operated on on time due to faulty elevators, fijivillage reports. Hospital employees have indicated...

the J.K. Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos, Nigeria; image © Livin Spaces

JMG Provides Elevators and Escalator Cultural Center

The Brook in Downtown Brooklyn; image courtesy of NYC Housing Connect

TKE Elevator System for New Brooklyn Residential Tower

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VFA-Interlift Welcomes Hemker as Academy Coordinator

(l-r) Industrial Engineering Technologist Max Borek, Head of the Electronics Plant Marcus Engel, Head of Global Audits Sandra Kallausch, Head of Logsitics, Electronics and Plant Matthias Hofmann and Head of Quality Management, Electronics Division Markus Frankenback at the Berlin awards ceremony; photo by Marcus Krueger

Ziehl-Abegg Wins Germany’s Prestigious MX Award

(l-r) Chaim Grunfeld and Chaim Berkowicz of SIMSINLifts; image courtesy of SIMSINLifts

SIMSINLifts To Unveil Emergency Telephone Service at LIFTEX