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AKE Completes Second Phase of its Vocational Training Project

AKE Elevator, Escalator and Disability Systems, which operates at Antalya Organized Industrial Zone, completed its second Vocational Training Project. The second phase of the Vocational Training Project, with 20 trainees...

Explosion and Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings

On June 21, 2021, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Turkey (CTBUH) held an online webinar on Zoom on “Explosion and Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings.” At the...

Hakan Başkaraağaç Elected as the President of ANASDER

Hakan Başkaraağaç has been unanimously elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Ordinary General Assembly of ANASDER, held on June 25, 2021, at the association’s headquarters in...

TASIAD Renovates Workshops at 2 Vocational High-Schools

Within the scope of Vocational Training Cooperation Protocol signed with Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, All Elevator Industrialists and Business People Association (TASIAD) will equip the laboratories and workshops...

Amendment in TASFED’s Charter

New Management Will Be in Charge for Three Years Turkey Elevator Industrialists Federation’s (TASFED) fifth Ordinary General Assembly met at the meeting room of the federation’s headquarter on Saturday, June...

Condominium High Rise Announced In Downtown Lafayette

Plans for a new, US$140-million high rise in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, have been announced, Hot 107.9 reports. The development, called Seven16 Lafayette Tower, will be 240,000 ft2 and feature two 20-story towers....

Tokyo Launches Redevelopment Project Targeting Disaster Preparedness

The Mitsui Fudosan Residential's Nishi-Shinjuku 5-chome Central South District Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project has been approved by the governor of Tokyo, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports via Built. In 2014,...

Plan For Three Towers In Ontario Garners Praise, Concerns

Emblem Developments submitted plans for three new towers on Wilson and John Streets in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, The Public Record reports. Each tower will be 30 stories tall, providing 908 residential units...

Oracle Elevator Announces New Parent Company Name

Oracle Elevator announced in July that its parent company has rebranded to Elevated Facility Services Group (EFS). In addition to Oracle, EFS supports several leading regional brands in the elevator...

Cuttack, India, Station Set for Upgrades, Hosts Tour

Plans for improvements to passenger amenities at India’s Cuttack Railway Station drew the interest of Khurda Road Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Shashi Kant Singh, who led an inspection tour of...

(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