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SIMSINLifts To Unveil Emergency Telephone Service at LIFTEX

Leading lift SIM provider SIMSINLifts will unveil an industry-first emergency telephone integration service at LIFTEX at ExCeL London in London, U.K., on June 11-12. The new service allows a SIM-based...

Innovations To Take Spotlight at interlift 2025

AFAG Messen und Austellungen GmbH, organizer of the interlift 2025 international vertical-transportation (VT) industry trade fair to be held at the Messe Nürnberg in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 14-17, provided...

Spain’s MP Ascensores Secures Financing to Fuel Strategy

Financing agreements with five leading European financial institutions will allow MP Ascensores to confidently deploy its new 2025-27 Strategic Plan, the Seville, Spain-based lift manufacturer announced on June 5. Recently...

KONE Appoints Wen As EVP Procurement and Board Member

KONE has appointed Michelle Wen as executive vice president (EVP), Procurement and member of the KONE Executive Board, effective August 1. In this new role, Wen will report directly to...

Husband Appointed Incoming CECA Supplier Director

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) announced that Steve Husband of Dupar Controls has been appointed its incoming supplier director. Husband will officially join the CECA Board of Directors following...

TKE Supplies 102 VT Units For New CKG Terminal in China

TK Elevator (TKE) supplied 102 vertical-transportation (VT) units for the new Terminal 3B at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) in China. The units include passenger elevators, panoramic machine-room-less elevators with...

Elevating Studio and The VT Studio Join Forces

Elevating Studio, a leading global vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy based in Singapore with regional offices in Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and Finland, announced a strategic collaboration with The VT Studio, an established...

Sobha Realty Launches Major New Dubai Development

Sobha Realty has launched Sobha Central, a landmark project on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road, Gulf Business reports. The urban, mixed-use project will feature six towers, 160,000 ft2 of high-street retail, 250,000 ft2 of green...

Türkiye’s AYSAD Holds 54th Ordinary General Assembly

The Elevator and Escalator Industrialists’ Association (AYSAD) of Türkiye convened its 54th Ordinary General Assembly on May 29 at the Machine Hangar Engineering and Technology Center Conference Hall in Kartal,...

Vancouver Developer Unveils Supertall Proposal

Vancouver developer Joo Kim Tiah of Holborn Group has unveiled a proposal for a new 1,033-ft supertall skyscraper in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban...

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EW U.S. Office Closed for Fourth of July

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TKE Names Vasa Chief People Officer

Feenstra

Wittur Appoints Feenstra as CCO, President and GM EMEA

EFESME’S BOD AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEWS FUTURE OF EUROPEAN LIFT SMES

EFESME’s BoD and General Assembly Reviews Future of European Lift SMEs

Dr. Peter Lauer; image courtesy of VFA-Interlift

In Memoriam: Dr. Peter Lauer