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Key India Rail Hub Opens Escalators and New Booking Office
Newly constructed booking office and escalators at the second entrance of Kottayam Railway Station in India were inaugurated and opened to the public on November 12 by the Union Minister...
Huasheng Fujitec Elevator Wins NY Product Design Award
HUASHENG FUJITEC Elevator Co., Ltd., the Shanghai-based production arm of Fujitec, received the Silver Winner Award for the DF-f destination floor registration unit in the 2024 NY Product Design Awards,...
A Life of Determination: Ali Aktaş
A visionary with Balkan roots, Ali Aktaş aimed to establish a lift and escalator factory in Türkiye with ambitions reaching back to the Balkans. Recognized as a pioneer in the...
TASFED Black Sea Regional Meetings
The Turkish Lift Industrialists Federation (TASFED) Board of Directors organized a series of meetings in Samsun and Trabzon in October. by Gülay Pala On October 11, 2024, TASFED Board Members...
TASİAD’s Visit to Karabük
TASİAD, the All Lift Industrialists and Businessmen Association, is initiating new projects across Türkiye and recently conducted a series of visits in Karabük. by Aysun Aksoy On October 11, the...
Earthquake Lifts Symposium from Decosan
The Earthquake Lift Symposium organized by Decosan, a manufacturing company in Diyarbakır, was held November 1-2, 2024. Earthquakes, a reality in our country, have been a bitter experience for centuries...
Ontario Office-to-Residential Conversion Act Voted Down
The Ford Government of Ontario, Canada, voted down the Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Act 2024, which would have cut red tape and sped up such conversions by up to two years as...
Atis Expands Footprint in Vermont Through Acquisition
ATIS has acquired the assets of Vermont Elevator Inspection Services (VEIS), according to Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, Morningstar reports. Founded...
Schindler Lifts Australia Promotes Montresor to MD
Schindler Lifts Australia has promoted Stefano Montresor to managing director (MD) of Schindler Lifts Australia, where he had a 14-year-long career in various positions. In 2010, Montresor joined the company...
Stannah Wins Network Rail Lift and Escalator Service Contract
Stannah, headquartered in Andover, U.K., announced it signed a new, potentially GBP50-million (US$63.7-million) five-year contract with Network Rail to service its lifts and escalators. Significantly, the contract includes escalator maintenance...
