International News
Otis Vietnam To Provide and Service 28 Elevators for Hanoi Residential Tower
Otis Vietnam announced on July 8 it has been awarded a contract to provide and service four SkyRise® and 24 AriseTM elevators for LUMIÈRE Evergreen, a 40-story luxury apartment tower...
Seven-Tower TOD Greenlit in Melbourne’s Box Hill
Through the Fast-Track Program of the Victoria, Australia, government, Vicinity Centres has won approval for a masterplan that includes seven towers ranging from 19 to 50 stories that will deliver...
Multiplex UK Tapped To Build City of London’s Newest Tower
Multiplex UK has been tapped by AXA IM Alts to build the City of London's newest skyscraper — the 36-story 60,400-m2 office tower 50 Fenchurch Street, Construction News reports. Located...
MET Receives CSR Award for Social Empowerment Program
Mitsubishi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd., (MET), recently received the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2024 in the "Social Empowerment" category, the Bangkok Post reports. The award recognized the company’s continuous...
25-Year-Old Falls to Her Death Down Elevator Shaft in Italy
A 25-year-old woman fell four stories down an empty elevator shaft to her death in Fasano, southern Italy, on July 1, Unilad is among outlets to report. The incident occurred...
Missing Bolts Led To Deadly Stockholm Elevator Collapse
Missing bolts caused a construction elevator to collapse in a Stockholm, Sweden, suburb in December 2023, killing five people, the Swedish Investigation Authority determined, the Associated Press is among outlets...
Germany’s Alois Kasper Expands Footprint With Acquisition
Alois Kasper GmbH, founded in 1945 in the western German state of Saarland, announced it has acquired Trierer Aufzugbau Baasch und Didong GmbH, further expanding its footprint in the Saarland-Rhine-Main...
Schindler Enters Agreement to Source, Assemble and Install Elevators in Egypt
Schindler has partnered with the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) and the Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG) to establish a localization program that will source, assemble and commission selected elevator components...
KONE Installs 56 Escalators at Major New Paris Metro Station
KONE announced it provided 56 escalators as part of the vertical-transportation system at the new Saint-Denis-Pleyel station in Paris. The station is part of the Grand Paris Express, a major...
Several VT Companies Among World’s Most Sustainable 2024
Several vertical-transportation (VT) companies are on the World's Most Sustainable Companies of 2024 list produced by TIME and data firm Statista. Switzerland-based Schindler, which ranked No. 123 on the list...
