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| | ELEVATOR WORLD Europe's November-December 2024 Issue | Features: A Warm Welcome; First Lift Expo Poland Trade Fair; Aspiring to a Safer Future… Focus on Escalators and Moving Walks: Escalator Brake Failure Investigation; Innovative Technologies That Improve Escalator Passenger Safety… Columns: Up, Up and Away; SUMASA… | | | EW EUROPE TO FOCUS ON MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY | | | The January-February 2025 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD Europe will focus on Maintenance and Safety and feature the 2025 Project of the Year Winners. Submissions will be accepted through December 27. The Advertising deadline is January 14. 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. | | | EW ANNOUNCES 2025 PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNERS | | | ELEVATOR WORLD proudly announces the 2025 Project of the Year winners. Expert teams from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and the U.K. emerged victorious by successfully completing challenging, rewarding vertical-transportation projects in nine categories featuring mixed-use towers, office buildings, transit systems, airports, ports, private residences, historic landmarks and even a vineyard and infrastructure for the Olympics. All of this year's entries were outstanding, and it was difficult to select the ultimate winners. The winners are, in Elevators, New Construction, Otis for One Za'abeel in Dubai; in Elevators, Modernization, Schindler for Prudential Tower in Boston, Massachusetts; in Escalators, New Construction, TK Elevator (TKE) for Doha Port in Doha, Qatar; in Escalators, Modernization, Otis Elevator China for Chongqing Metro Line 2 in Chongqing, China; in Moving Walks, TKE — Hong Kong for Sky Bridge at Hong Kong International Airport; in Inclined Lifts, Hill Hiker for Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery & Trattoria; in Private-Residence Elevators, Next Level Elevators for The Esplanade in Brighton Beach, Australia; in Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, Edmolift UK Ltd. for the Paris Olympics; and in Special-Purpose Lifts, Stannah Lifts for Big Ben in London, U.K. | | | ELEVATOR WORLD ANNOUNCES 2024 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR WINNER, FINALISTS | | | ELEVATOR WORLD is proud to again recognize the achievements of manufacturers whose products — brought to the vertical-transportation market between March 2023-July 1, 2024 — are considered particularly noteworthy or innovative for the fourth annual Product of the Year Award. This year's winner is the SEES Smooth Operator, which represents the next generation in door control technology, setting a new standard for performance, efficiency and longevity. Designed with elevator contractors in mind, this innovative system simplifies installation and maintenance while delivering superior results. This year's finalists include the Alamex Type L Hydraulic Chassis, an innovative solution for residential projects of up to three floors or 15 m of travel, and the WUR-COM® Multimedia Communicator from Wurtec, a complete solution for multimedia elevator communications. | | | REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR ELEVCON 2025 IN LISBON | | | Registration for Elevcon 2025, the 24th International Congress on Vertical-Transportation (VT) Technologies, in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 17-19, 2025, is now open. The leading congress for the elevator and VT industry presented by the International Association of Elevator Engineers consists of three days of presentations, networking and social activities. The host venue is the luxurious Altis Grand Hotel Lisbon. Elevcon Chairwoman Dr. Marja-Liisa Siikonen, CEO of Finland-based MLS Lift Consulting, together with the Elevcon Steering Committee, has curated an outstanding program of presentations featuring international experts who will address all the key aspects of VT. Abstracts may be perused here. As always, congress proceedings reviewed by the Elevcon Scientific Committee will be compiled into the Elevator Technology 24 publication made available to all participants. | | | CEDES AND FIELDBOSS PARTNER TO DELIVER IoT ELEVATOR SOLUTION | | | Swiss Internet of Things (IoT) pioneer and original elevator light curtain manufacturer CEDES and FIELDBOSS, the Microsoft-based field service platform for elevator contractors, on November 11, announced a "transformative" partnership. The alliance connects CEDES Elevate's IoT-powered insights with FIELDBOSS's advanced field service tools, offering a complete integrated IoT system aimed at optimizing elevator industry safety, compliance and service efficiency. Read more here | | | BUCHER HYDRAULICS ACQUIRING FINLAND'S HYDMAN OY | | | Bucher Hydraulics, the Germany-based global provider of innovative hydraulic drive and control technology for applications including elevators, announced on November 13 it is acquiring Hydman Oy, based in Tampere, Finland. Founded in 2008 and well-established in the Nordics market, Hydman develops and manufactures tailored hydraulic manifold systems. Read more here | | | LIFT & ESCALATOR SYMPOSIUM ISSUES FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS | Organizers of the 16th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies, planned on September 24-25, 2025, at the Kettering Park Hotel & Spa in Kettering, U.K., have issued a first call for papers. The event provides an opportunity to share research and knowledge, as well as network with colleagues from across the industry. Read more here | | | CTBUH INVITES PROGRAM PARTNERSHIPS | | | The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) invites companies to become 2025 Tall + Urban Innovation Program partners. Opportunities include co-branded content that aligns companies with CTBUH's influential research, data and publications such as white papers, technical guides, webinars and articles in its flagship magazine. Read more here | | | PAULA PIAS PELETEIRO APPOINTED TO TOP TÜV SÜD MANAGEMENT TEAM | Paula Pias Peleteiro has been appointed to the top management team of TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH. She will assume responsibility for the business areas of plant safety, energy and systems and environmental technology. TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH supplies needs-based engineering, testing and inspection services for the safety, cost-efficiency and sustainability of systems, infrastructure installations and buildings. Read more here | | | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ACQUIRES NORWAY'S ALT HEIS | | | Through wholly owned Swedish subsidiary Motum, Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp. acquired all shares of Norwegian elevator company ALT Heis, Mitsubishi Electric announced on November 29. The move follows the 2023 acquisition of Oslo, Norway-based UNIHEIS and reflects Mitsubishi Electric's and Mitsubishi Electric Building Solution Corp.'s (MEBS) plan to expand their elevator maintenance business globally. Read more here | | | ACCESS BDD HOLDS 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE | Access BDD, one of the U.K.'s leading suppliers of stairlifts, platform lifts and home lifts, recently held its annual conference in Manchester, England. Employees from all over Europe attended the three-day event, during which the European teams discussed their various achievements and experiences in 2024, shared exciting ideas and presented their plans for 2025. Read more here | | | KONE AWARDED ECOVADIS 2024 SUSTAINABILITY GOLD MEDAL | KONE has been awarded a Gold Medal in the EcoVadis 2024 sustainability assessment, ranking among the top 5% of the more than 130,000 companies evaluated and in the top 1% of its industry — Manufacture of General-Purpose Machinery, KONE announced on December 2. KONE has been assessed by EcoVadis annually since 2018, achieving a gold or higher ranking every year. Read more here | | | OTIS LISTED AMONG AMERICA'S MOST RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES | Otis Worldwide Corp., the global elevator and escalator company headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, announced on December 4 it has been named to Newsweek's list of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2025. The annual list is based on publicly available data, and considers environmental, social and corporate governance concerns. Read more here | | | MP LIFTS HOSTS MP OPEN DAYS FOR U.K. AND IRELAND PROFESSIONALS | MP Lifts organized the MP Open Days event for consultants, construction project managers and lift companies from the U.K. and Ireland. These seminars, held in Seville, Spain, in October, were attended by 50 people, who were able to see first-hand all aspects related to the company, products, services, manufacturing facilities and, in the R&D laboratory, the wide range of bespoke solutions. Read more here | | | VERTICAL BUILDING EXTENSION METHOD LAUNCHES IN THE U.K. | U.K. cities could soon be sprouting upward with new "timber canopies" following the launch of Optoppen – a viability tool intended to spread the practice of extending existing buildings vertically, Architects' Journal reports. The 3D webapp was created by design firm Mule Studio and engineer Whitby Wood as part of a wider online platform, Optoppen.org. The free-to-use app includes policy information and case studies from cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona and London, where bio-based materials have been used to create low-carbon floorspace or housing. Read more here | | | SCHINDLER TO PROVIDE ELEVATORS FOR CAIRO NAC PROJECT | Cairo, Egypt-based MGB Developments announced on November 11 it has inked an agreement with Schindler to provide elevators for the new PUKKA residential project in Cairo's New Administrative Capital (NAC). The agreement includes the installation, operation and maintenance of an unspecified number of energy-efficient elevators. Read more here | | | OTIS VT SYSTEM FOR "ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL" IN KUALA LUMPUR | Otis announced on December 3 it won an order to provide the vertical-transportation (VT) system for the 68-story Dawn KLCC mixed-use building in the center of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Awarded by Chin Hin Group Property, the order includes seven SkyRise® and three Arise™ elevators. Scheduled for completion in 2029, "this architectural marvel will feature lifestyle suites, luxury serviced residences and a vibrant sky bar offering breathtaking view of the Kuala Lumpur city center," Otis observed. Read more here | | | AUTONOMOUS ROBOT COMPLETES 110,000-PLUS ELEVATOR RIDES | Diligent Robotics recently announced that its flagship product, Moxi the Robot, has completed 110,000 autonomous elevator rides and counting at health systems across the U.S., Robotics Tomorrow reports. Moxi has a humanoid form factor, with an arm for manipulating the environment, opening doors and pushing elevator buttons. Moxi is the only robot to accomplish this feat in a generalized way that is working 24/7 in U.S. hospitals. 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 Sophie Goodwin. The ELEVATOR WORLD Media Kit can be downloaded here. EWEU News is a registered trademark, and all rights are reserved. Copyright 2024 © Elevator World, Inc. | | | |
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