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TKE Owners Select Financial Advisors for Planned IPO
Advent International and Cinven, owners of TK Elevator (TKE) — formerly part of ThyssenKrupp AG — have selected Rothschild & Co. and Lilja & Co. as independent financial advisors for...
TKE Owners In Talks With Banks Ahead of Possible IPO
Private equity groups Advent and Cinven are in talks with banks as they begin laying the groundwork for a public listing of TK Elevator (TKE), a move that could rank...
WEEF Holds Second In-Person Meeting in Frankfurt
The World Elevator and Escalator Federation (WEEF), founded in 2019, held its second in-person meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 7. The first meeting took place in Shanghai in 2023....
Adaptable and Innovative
Omniturm’s high-performance elevators from Schindler submitted by Schindler Group In the heart of Frankfurt, Germany’s city center stands the striking Omniturm tower. At 190-m tall, this adaptable and innovative structure...
Tower ONE at Frankfurt Outgrows Itself
This Project Spotlight features the completion of a German high rise with KONE equipment. photos by Hans-Wilhelm Berghoff When visiting the construction site in the summer of 2020, the ONE...
First E2 Forum in China Sees Success in Shanghai
The first E2 Forum China was held on October 20, 2022, at Microsoft AI & IoT Insider Lab in Shanghai, organizer Messe Frankfurt reported. The inaugural event enjoyed support from...
Tallest Building in EU Warsaw’s Varso Tower Completes
Varso Tower, designed by U.K.-based Foster + Partners for developer HB Reavis in the city center of Warsaw, Poland, is complete, outlets including Architects' Journal report. At 310 m and...
Design Selected For Frankfurt’s Tallest Building
Ferdinand Heide Architekt has been selected to develop a high-rise complex in Frankfurt, Germany, that will be the city’s tallest structure upon completion, Arch Daily reports. The company was selected following an international...
57 High-Peformance, Sustainable TKE Units For Frankfurt Project
TK Elevator (TKE) will provide 57 high-performance, sustainable elevators and escalators to Frankfurt, Germany's FOUR, a mixed-use development that includes four 233-, 173-, 120- and 100-m-tall towers connected at the...
Messe Frankfurt Plans In-Person E2 Forum in 2022
Germany-based trade fair organizer Messe Frankfurt, in association with VDMA (German mechanical engineering association), will present E2 Forum Frankfurt on September 21 and 22, 2022, the sponsors have announced. The...
