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Elevcon 2025 Calls for Abstracts Ahead of September 15 Deadline
Organizers of Elevcon 2025, the leading conference of the elevator and vertical-transportation (VT) industry by the International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) on June 17-19 in Lisbon, Portugal, have issued...
Inglis Retires From Australia’s LESA Executive Committee
John Inglis of Sydney, Australia, lifetime member and past president of the Lift Engineering Society of Australia (LESA), is retiring from LESA's Executive Committee, LESA President John Tibbetts announced. Instrumental...
Industry Era Recognizes CEDES CEO Bass as Top 10 Admired Leader of 2024
Global business magazine Industry Era has recognized CEDES AG CEO Patrick Bass as one of its Top 10 Admired Leaders of 2024. Bass came to the CEO role from starting...
LECS UK Launches LECS UAE in Dubai
LECS UK, a leading independent lift and escalator engineering consultancy, has announced its expansion into the Middle East with the official launch of LECS UAE, based in Dubai. LECS CEO...
Bayraktar Appointed GM at Istanbul-Based EKA
Bilgehan Bozkurt, who served as deputy general manager (GM) and GM of Istanbul, Türkiye-based Emlak Konut Asansör (EKA), respectively, since its establishment, recently handed over the GM position he has...
Ziehl-Abegg Appoints Mayer New CTO
The supervisory board of Künzelsau, Germany-based Ziehl-Abegg SE has appointed Wolfgang Mayer as the company's new chief technology officer (CTO). Joining the global electric motor specialist from Kuka Robotics, Mayer's...
LEEA Announces New Chair, Other Board Changes
At the end of 2023, Kat Moss will complete her two years of service as chair of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Board and will be succeeded in January...
In Memoriam: Yee Meng Foo
Yee Meng Foo, a longtime employee of KONE U.K., passed away on August 26 after a short illness. He was 71. Joining KONE U.K. in 1988, Foo was a design...
LEEA Hosts Parliamentary Event at House of Commons
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) led a group of member companies to the House of Commons, Westminster, on July 12 to explain the incredible role the industry continues to...
In Memoriam: Dr. Gina Barney
Lift Industry News announced that Dr. Gina Barney, “a remarkable engineer, researcher and leader in the lift industry,” passed away on July 6. The U.K.-based Barney authored 23 books and...
