Lifts
U.K.’s Sheridan Lifts Announces Hotel Chain Maintenance Contract
Manchester, U.K.-headquartered Sheridan Lifts recently announced a contract to maintain more than 70 lifts across the U.K. for Village Hotels. Sheridan Sales Operations Director Chris Chadwick said the company had...
Shorts Announces New Business Development Manager
Shorts, which provides products and services across all aspects of lift installation, modernization and maintenance in the U.K., recently announced that Andy Emsley has joined its team as Business Development...
interlift Releases Call for Papers
interlift ‘23 will be held on October 17-20, 2023, along with VFA Forum interlift, and VFA-Interlift e.V.-Association for Lift Technology has put out a Call for Papers for topical technical...
Hotel Worker in Laos Dies While Fixing Elevator
A North Korean worker in Laos has died after falling while servicing an elevator at a hotel in downtown Vientiane, sources told Radio Free Asia (RFA). The accident happened at...
ISO 8100-32:2020 Questionnaire Available Through January 31
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) group that oversees the development of ISO 8100-32:2020, asks for your feedback through January 31, 2023, via a questionnaire. The first edition of ISO...
UKCA Transition Period Extended to End of 2024
The transition period for lifts and components to have the U.K. Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking instead of the CE marking in Great Britain (excluding Ireland) has been extended until December...
Opulent Lifts’ Carbon Fiber Lift at International Marine Show
A custom carbon fiber lift from Opulent Lifts, manufactured in the U.K. by a company of the same name, was showcased at the 34th edition of the METSTRADE marine equipment...
Stannah Lifts Celebrates 50,000th Lift Milestone
Stannah Lifts, the U.K.'s largest independent commercial lift manufacturer, recently announced the milestone achievement of its 50,000th lift sold since the company first began manufacturing a standard package passenger lift...
Alimak Group Names Nylund Chief Communications Officer
Alimak Group, the Stockholm, Sweden-based rack-and-pinion construction hoist specialist, has named Johnny Nylund chief communications officer, effective January 9. Nylund joins Alimak from Sweco, Europe's leading architecture and engineering company....
Hyundai Elevator Signs Agreement to Improve Safety
LG Uplus Corp., a major wireless carrier, and Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 lift manufacturer, recently announced that they will distribute safety devices that make use of Internet...
