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| | ELEVATOR WORLD Europe's January-February 2024 Issue | Events: Annual FEEDA Day; Champagne, Castles and Collaboration; GEE Milan
Project of the Year: ELEVATOR WORLD's 26th Annual Project of the Year
Focus on Maintenance and Digitalization: IoT Takes the Elevator World Into Industry 5.0; Rethinking IoT Applications in the Elevator Industry; Connected Lifts. Digital Evolution.
Columns: A Growth That Continues To Rise; Lift and Earthquakes: EN 81-77; Enhancing Quantity and Quality of Employees in the Elevator Industry; Elevating the VW "Bulli" | | | EW EUROPE TO FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | | | The May-June 2024 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD Europe will focus on Environmental Issues with bonus distribution at Ascen.tec and Elevex Konya. Submissions will be accepted through May 1. The Advertising deadline is May 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. | | | 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 belt in its motor systems. Hailed as the industry's inaugural aramid-reinforced elevator belt, ARIBELT is poised to set new benchmarks in safety, efficiency and sustainability, Aritec observes. Read more here | | | CEDES GROUP WELCOMES HAUSSMANN AS NEW CFO | | | CEDES Group recently welcomed Pascal-Olivier Haussmann as its new chief financial officer (CFO). With considerable experience with ERP (enterprise resource planning) software implementation and Internet of Things (IoT) financial services, Haussmann promises to "bring CEDES forward on its digital transformation journey." Read more here | | | IEES CALL FOR SPEAKERS ON "CONSOLIDATION & GLOBALIZATION'S IMPACT ON MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY" | | | The International Elevator & Escalator Symposium (IEES), planned on November 12-13 at ATLANTIS in Paradise Island, Bahamas, has issued a call for speakers on the symposium theme "Consolidation & Globalization's Impact on Maintenance and Safety." The first step to present a paper at IEES is to submit an abstract of up to 300 words. Read more here | | | SCHAEFER AND COLLEAGUES TO PRESENT ELEVATOR FORUM ROADSHOW IN FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES | | | Together with manufacturers Meiller, Ziehl-Abegg, NEWLIFT, Danfoss, ALGI and CEDES, Schaefer GmbH will host the Elevator Forum Roadshow throughout 2024 at eight locations in five European countries. Geared toward lift operators, building owners, lift planners, architects and lift manufacturers, the event is free of charge. The number of participants is limited, so the organizer reserves the right to select the guests. Read more here | | | ORDER, REVENUE GROWTH IN 2023 BUOY SCHINDLER'S 2024 OUTLOOK | | | A continuing "trajectory of enhanced profitability and sustainable growth" in 2023 despite challenging market conditions, as well as a revamped business strategy focused on customer service, have Swiss OEM Schindler expecting low single-digit revenue growth in 2024, Schindler Chairman and CEO Silvio Napoli said in a February 14 press release. Read more here | | | MARANTEC GROUP AND CEDES ANNOUNCE IOT PARTNERSHIP | The Marantec Group and CEDES have entered into an Internet of Things (IoT) partnership. CEDES, the Swiss specialist in safety systems technology for entrance automation and the elevator industry, and Marantec, a group of companies with eight production plants and eight sales companies worldwide, presented the initiative to the public at the R+T 2024 trade show in Stuttgart, Germany, on February 19-23. Read more here | | | WITTUR UNVEILS INTERNATIONAL SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT PLATFORM | | | Wittur AG, the Germany-based international elevator components supplier, has unveiled a new international supplier management platform powered by JAGGAER cloud-based business automation technology. Centrally enabling online management of key supplier base information, the portal is available in five languages and already includes approximately 4,000 suppliers covering more than 100 product categories. Read more here | | | REGISTER FOR CTBUH 2024 EUROPE CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL | Organizers of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 Europe Conference in Istanbul, Türkiye, on April 18-19 invite interested parties to register now to secure their spots for the event, which will explore opportunities and obstacles facing European cities today under the theme "Future-Fit Cities: Safer, Adaptive Density in a Changing Era." Read more here | | | SCHINDLER TO SHOWCASE INNOVATIONS AT MIPIM IN CANNES | | | Schindler, a Silver sponsor alongside Green Building Initiative® of the MIPIM® conference at the Palais de Festivals Cannes in Cannes, France, says it is excited to return to France to "showcase our innovative solutions to influence and accelerate the sustainable transformation of the built environment." Read more here | | | CEDES ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH LANGER & LAUMANN | CEDES, a global leader in elevator door safeguarding, has announced a new partnership with Langer & Laumann. Langer & Laumann offers the most frequently used modernization solution for elevator door drives on the European market. The company is known for its customer service, providing comprehensive advice and professional support after purchase. Read more here | | | UK LIFT & ESCALATOR ANNOUNCES NEW HIRES | UK Lift & Escalator Co. Ltd., headquartered in Gateshead, U.K., recently announced the addition of two new employees: Les Bloor as operations director and Seana Cuthbert as operations administrator. Bloor's experience includes nearly nine years in various leadership roles at Schindler, overseeing operations in Coventry, U.K., and in Ireland. Read more here | | | "CITIES IN THE SKY: THE QUEST TO BUILD THE WORLD'S TALLEST SKYSCRAPERS" TO PUBLISH IN MAY | Rutgers University Professor Jason M. Barr tells ELEVATOR WORLD his new book, "Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers," will be published by Scribner Books on May 14. The book takes the reader on a tour of the world's great cities — Chicago, NYC, London and Hong Kong to name a few — to see why they are building their skyscrapers and skylines. Read more here | | | ELEVATOR SAFETY RUN SETS RECORD AT SLM WORLD 2024 | On the second day of Smart Lift & Mobility (SLM) World 2024, organizers achieved a monumental milestone with the Elevator Safety Run with more than 1,500 people joining the event, Sangri Today reports. The Elevator Safety Run and flag formation, integral to SLM World 2024, aligned with the event's broader agenda, including a specialized exhibition space for industry stakeholders, with more than 100 exhibitors, and a summit featuring dynamic discussions and workshops. Read more here | | | BOOKINGS NOW OPEN FOR LIFTEX 2025 IN LONDON | Exhibition bookings have opened for LIFTEX 2025 with strong support from Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) members, following the success of the 2022 event. LIFTEX is the tri-annual trade show run by LEIA, returning to London's ExCeL on June 11-12, 2025. Now in its 37th year, LIFTEX is the U.K.'s only dedicated exhibition for the lift, escalator and access industry. Read more here | | | OTIS FORMALLY ANNOUNCES BURJ KHALIFA MODERNIZATION AND SERVICE CONTRACT | On the heels of Otis Chair, President and CEO Judy Marks stating during a recent earnings call that Otis had won the modernization and service contract at Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building in Dubai, U.A.E., the company formally announced the award on March 6. Emaar Properties selected the OEM to modernize 34 of 57 elevators and all eight escalators in the building. The contract also includes servicing all units for an additional 10 years. Read more here | | | FOSTER + PARTNERS BEHIND PLANS FOR WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING | Architects' Journal has announced that Foster + Partners is working on a multibillion-dollar project to build the world's tallest building — a 2-km-high skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, twice the height of the current record holder: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's 828-m-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai, completed in 2010. Read more here | | | SCHINDLER SPOTLIGHTS ESCALATORS AT MAJOR EASTERN CHINA AIRPORT | On February 19, Schindler spotlighted a transportation system that includes 94 Schindler 9300 escalators serving the new Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport on the coast of eastern China. The OEM provided the escalators to the 470,000-m2-plus airport when it opened in 2021, and today has five full-time maintenance staff on-site to ensure the units are in good working order. Read more here | | | LONDON'S HISTORIC BT TOWER TO BECOME HOTEL | Heatherwick Studio will work with the new American owner of the BT (British Telecommunications) Tower in central London, U.K., to transform it into a hotel, Building Design reports. Opened in 1965 by then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson, the tower has become a landmark on the capital's skyline and is now grade II-listed. 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