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Swearings-in at association join rail and tall building plans made for London.
LEIA Announces New Leadership Alastair Stannah Paul Turner The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) recently announced Alastair Stannah, managing director of Stannah Lifts, and Paul Turner, technical director of...
Mainland high-rise news includes contracts let
Tall residential buildings planned, and timber being used in high rises. High-Rise Residences Multiply in Moscow Low interest rates, government-backed cheap mortgages and lockdown exemptions for construction companies are fueling...
Editor’s Overview Türkiye March – April 2021
Dear Readers of Elevator World Turkey, COVID-19, which showed up last year and has been prevalent now for more than one year, seems likely to affect our lives for a...
VT, tall buildings coming to LRT lines and Vancouver
Otis Providing Hundreds of Units to LRT Projects Otis is providing hundreds of elevators and escalators to light rail transit (LRT) projects in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, the OEM announced...
Acquisition, hiring and certification
TKE thyssenkrupp Elevator Now TK Elevator With Global Brand TKE thyssenkrupp Elevator is now TK Elevator with global brand TKE, the company announced in February. The new name and logo...
Elevators in Ä°stanbul Through the Eyes of an Architect
With its population of 16 million, Istanbul is a Turkish city that intensely uses its vertical and horizontal transportation systems. According to the demographic data, the active population of the...
Hitachi Elevator, KONE add more than 260 units in Shanghai, Chengdu.
Hitachi Elevator Providing 201 Units to Shanghai Metro Hitachi Elevator’s EX-BPG escalators were used; photo courtesy of Hitachi. Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. is providing 201 elevators and escalators to...
Transit accessibility upgrades and mixed-use towers
CTA Plans to Make Over Stations The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is set to undertake complete makeovers, including elevators and escalators, of four Red Line stations on the city’s North...
66.7 Billion Dollars of Export from Istanbul Based Companies to 238 Destinations
Istanbul based companies took the lion’s share from Turkey’s 169.5 billion dollars of export of last year, which totaled 39.3%. Based on the data obtained from Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM),...
OEM and tower activity in San Francisco and beyond
Mitsubishi Electric US Opens New Office in San Francisco Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., which produces, installs and repairs elevators and escalators, is opening an office in downtown San Francisco, its...
