Sustainability

Ziehl-Abegg Record Year in 2023

Ziehl-Abegg, the Germany-headquartered manufacturer of electric elevator motors, among other components in drive, ventilation and control technology, in March announced it had the best year in company history in 2023,...

Aritec New Materials Group Announces Ziehl-Abegg Collaboration

Luzern, Switzerland-headquartered Aritec New Materials Group AG on February 12 announced a collaboration with Ziehl-Abegg SE, the Germany-based global electric elevator motor specialist, that entails Ziehl-Abegg including Aritec's ARIBELT elevator...

KONE Receives “A” Score for Climate Change Performance

KONE Corp. has been recognized for leadership in corporate transparency and performance on climate change by the global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its annual “A List.” Based...

TKE Receives Multiple Top Sustainability Ratings

TK Elevator (TKE) has been awarded with the top grade “A” in CDP's annual climate ranking for the fourth time in a row. Furthermore, TKE received the EcoVadis Gold Medal...

Major Otis Contracts in China and Hong Kong SAR

Otis President, CEO and Chair Judy Marks announced during a January 31 earnings call that the company is handling a new-equipment contract in Chongqing, China, and a modernization contract in...

KONE Participates in “Decarbonization Catalyst” Workshops

Finnish OEM KONE recently participated in a series of workshops that brought together members of the Nordic Superblocks as Decarbonization Catalysts consortium (NSDC) to brainstorm innovation opportunities and consolidate more...

CEDES CTO Role Transitions From Freedman to Frömming

Switzerland-headquartered sensor specialist CEDES AG welcomes Sascha Frömming as chief technology officer (CTO), as Steven Freedman steps down as CTO to take on the new roles of chief revenue officer...

Design Unveiled for Tirana, Albania, Tower

Portuguese architecture studio OODA recently unveiled its design for Hora Vertikale, a stacked tower with a clustered façade, “set to redefine” Tirana, Albania’s skyline, designboom reports. The first phase of...

TKE U.S. Project Manager Among Speakers at CTBUH 2024 Americas Conference

TK Elevator (TKE) U.S. Project Manager Milica Rojas is among those scheduled to speak at the “Future Downtown: Density and Resiliency in Cities Across the Americas” Council on Tall Buildings...

Google Provides Preview of Thompson Center Redesign in Chicago

Google announced plans to purchase the iconic, 17-story postmodern James R. Thompson Center in Chicago’s downtown Loop in 2022. On December 13, the company provided a “first look” on its...