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| | ELEVATOR WORLD Europe's November-December 2023 Issue | Events: Big Show, Big Changes; SEELift Network Skopje Meetup; Polish Association of Lift Manufacturers; Rising Higher Together; Big News for interlift; Saudi Arabia's Emerging Expo; 14th Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies
Features: Where Are All the Startups? Israel's Elevator Conundrum; Hangzhou Metro Line 6; Strategic Elevations; Mobilizers Wanted
Focus on Maintenance and Modernization: DPR Nusantara I Tower; A Special Kind of Heavy-Duty Elevator; Advancements in Elevator-Specific VDF Technology
Columns: First Principles and Ropeless Lifts; Universal Design and Roping Systems; Fundamentals of Traffic Analysis | | | EW EUROPE TO FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY | | | The March-April 2024 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD Europe will focus on Sustainability with bonus distribution at SIEME 2024 in Zaragoza, Spain, on May 20-22. Submissions will be accepted through March 1. The Advertising deadline is March 8. Contact Bülent Yılmaz for editorial submissions and editorial and advertising inquiries within Europe. Those outside of Europe may contact Angela C. Baldwin for editorial and T. Bruce MacKinnon for advertising. | | | KONE EXECUTIVE BOARD CHANGES ANNOUNCED | | | Managing Director (MD) for KONE Middle East, Türkiye and Africa Nicolas Alchal has been appointed executive vice president (VP), Strategy & Transformation, as of January 1, 2025, succeeding Axel Berkling, who was appointed executive VP, Commercial & Operations, in October 2023. Alchal will act as interim executive VP for Europe Area from March 1, 2024, onwards, when the current position holder, Karla Lindhal, starts her maternity leave. Read more here | | | 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 new role becomes effective in February 2024. Read more here | | | PEW ELECTRICAL PARTNERS WITH XPO SCREENS FOR LIFT MEDIA SCREENS | | | Essex, U.K.-based PEW Electrical Distributors and Netherlands-based XPO Screens have partnered to introduce innovative lift media screen solutions to the U.K. lift market. XPO Screens delivers high quality, interactive lift screens for high-performance digital signage solutions. Read more here | | | FINLAND PARTICIPATES IN COP28 WITH ITS OWN PAVILION FOR FIRST TIME | | | Finland, a leader in the race toward carbon neutrality, participated in the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as COP28, at Expo City in Dubai on November 30-December 12, 2023, with its own pavilion for the first time, Finnish government organization Business Finland announced. Read more here | | | NORDIC LIFT EXPO TO RETURN TO SCANDA INFRA CITY IN NOVEMBER 2024 | | | The Nordic Lift Expo plans to return to Scanda Infra City just outside of Stockholm, Sweden, on November 12, 2024, following the first post-pandemic event held on January 31, 2023. Organizers observed moving to the modern exhibition center in 2023 — along with increased marketing efforts — resulted in a nearly 50% increase in both the number of visitors and exhibitors compared to 2018. Read more here | | | ELEVATORS KEY TO ENERGY-REDUCTION EFFORTS | Elevators and escalators can consume up to 15% of a building's power, representing a significant opportunity for reducing energy consumption through energy-efficient upgrades, Propmodo reports. Technologies like gearless drives, regenerative drives and predictive maintenance can cut operating costs and promote sustainability in building operations. Read more here | | | CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON BAAN TOWER IN THE NETHERLANDS | | | Construction has begun on Baan Tower in the remodeled Baan Quarter neighborhood of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Arch Daily reports. Seven years after the original draft, the project has recently received its building permit, and is expected to be completed by 2026. Designed by Powerhouse Co. and measuring 159 m in height, the new tower aims to become a focal point in Baan Quarter. Read more here | | | ALIMAK INVESTIGATES SWEDEN ACCIDENT, REPORTS ERRORS | After five people died in the fall of a construction site elevator in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 11, 2023, Alimak Group sent three senior experts to the accident site for observation, along with investigators from the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority and the police. The hoist used in the accident is an Alimak Scando 650, a standard lift used on construction sites to transport passengers and materials at height. Read more here | | | OTIS MARINE SELECTED TO EQUIP TWO LUXURY CRUISE SHIPS | | | The Otis Marine division has been selected by French shipbuilding company Chantiers de l'Atlantique to equip two luxury 250-passenger cruise ships. Eight Gen2® elevators that have been specifically designed for a marine environment will provide safe vertical mobility on the vessels. This announcement marks the first time Otis has partnered with the Saint-Nazaire, France-based shipyard, which is one of the largest in the world. | | | LÖDIGE SYSTEMS MIDDLE EAST CELEBRATES CERTIFICATION "HAT-TRICK" | Doha, Qatar-based Lödige Systems Middle East (LSME), a subsidiary of Germany-based global supplier of lift logistics solutions and more Lödige Industries, recently celebrated a "certification hat-trick" — receiving three different International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications. They are ISO 9001:2015 for quality management, ISO 14001:2015 for environmental management and ISO 45001:2018 for occupational health and safety (H&S) management. Read more here | | | GLOBAL IOT ELEVATOR MARKET EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW | Fact.MR forecasts the global Internet of Things (IoT) elevator market is set to reach US$93.9 billion by the end of 2022-2032 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.4%. It estimated the IoT elevator market at US$26.7 billion in 2022, concluding a dollar opportunity worth US$67.2 billion in 2016-2021, FutureIoT reports. With a growth rate valued at US$18.4 billion, in 2022 the hardware demand has boomed. Read more here | | | CTBUH 2024 EUROPE CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED | The Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 Europe Conference will be held on April 18-19, 2024, in Istanbul, Türkiye. The gathering's theme, "Future-Fit Cities: Safer, Adaptive Density in a Changing Era," will explore the obstacles and opportunities facing European cities today. Read more here | | | HYDROWARE UK LTD. ANNOUNCES NEW MD | Hydroware UK Ltd. has announced Mark Golder as the company's managing director (MD), starting in January and succeeding Matt Thompson, who has been a significant contributor to Hydroware over the past eight years. Golder brings valuable experience from his prior role as MD for the U.K. and EU at Five at Heart. Read more here | | | TKE UNVEILS LUXURY COMPACT HOME ELEVATOR FOR INDIAN MARKET | On December 21, 2023, TK Elevator (TKE) announced the launch of its new home elevator enta villa, designed specifically for multi-floor homes and villas in India where demand for luxury housing and lifestyle products is growing. Harnessing German precision engineering, the elevator integrates the latest technological advances with an efficient, compact design and aesthetics for a blend of safety, comfort and style. Read more here | | | KONE INDIA TO MANUFACTURE ESCALATORS | KONE Elevator India will start manufacturing escalators at its Sriperumbudur plant in India from the first half of 2024 as part of its expansion program and will be the only company to manufacture escalators in India, The Hindu reports. KONE India has been importing escalators from China and Finland and then assembling them, but the company will start manufacturing and assembling them locally for the domestic market to support the "Make in India" initiative. Read more here | | | KENYA TOWN OPENS FIRST-EVER ESCALATOR | Naivas Mall in Kakamega, Kenya, has introduced the town's first-ever escalator, marking a novel chapter in the local shopping scene that many residents experienced for the first time, The Saturday Standard reports. Hundreds of residents attended the supermarket within the mall as it unveiled the escalator, providing them with a new experience. Read more here | | | Terry Lifts recently announced it is now a member of the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), which brings together healthcare and assistive technologies manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and service providers to support health and care systems and protect consumers' interests. The membership shows customers that Terry Lifts is verified and abides by the BHTA Code of Practice, which is approved by the Trading Standards Institute. Read more here | | | Editorial submissions, reprint permission requests, subscription/removal requests should be sent to the EWEU News editorial staff: Angela C. Baldwin, Kaija Wilkinson, Lindsay Fletcher and Kathleen Farrell. The ELEVATOR WORLD Media Kit can be downloaded here. EWEU News is a registered trademark, and all rights are reserved. Copyright 2023 © Elevator World, Inc. | | | |
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