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CECA Completes North American Version Of CAT Program

The Private Residence Division (PRD) of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has completed the final step in the new North American version of the Certified Accessibility and Private Residence...

45-Story Condo Tower To Wrap Around Irish Pub In Toronto

Developer Madison Group tapped Teeple Architects and Turner Fleischer Architects to design a gold, brick and metallic 45-story condominium tower that will wrap around the “beloved” McVeigh’s Irish Pub in...

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)...

Lerch Bates Names Zoelle NYC Area General Manager

Marc Zoelle has joined Lerch Bates as area general manager of the global consulting firm’s NYC office, Lerch Bates announced in February. Zoelle brings 21 years of elevator industry experience...

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...

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

SIMSINLifts To Unveil Emergency Telephone Service at LIFTEX

interlift venue Messe Nürnberg; image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

Innovations To Take Spotlight at interlift 2025

Guerrero

TEI Group Names Guerrero As South Florida VP

Image courtesy of MP Ascensores

Spain’s MP Ascensores Secures Financing to Fuel Strategy

Wen

KONE Appoints Wen As EVP Procurement and Board Member