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| | | EW EUROPE TO FOCUS ON BRAKE SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS | | | The September-October 2025 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD Europe will focus on Brake Systems and Components with bonus distribution at interlift 2025 and GEE 2025. Submissions will be accepted through August 31. The Advertising deadline is September 12. 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. | | | SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT FOR THE EW PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARDS | | | Submissions are now being accepted for the ELEVATOR WORLD 28th Annual Project of the Year Awards. We are seeking submissions of projects featuring vertical, horizontal or inclined transportation systems with an innovative design, special application or approach that solved a major problem or overcame a unique challenge. Projects will be judged on innovation, originality and creativity, challenges overcome, installation methods and techniques and use of advanced technology, as well as overall quality of presentation. This year's categories are Elevators, New Construction; Elevators, Modernization; Escalators, New Construction; Escalators, Modernization; Moving Walks; Inclined Elevators; Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts; Private-Residence Elevators; and Special-Purpose Lifts. All entries will be judged and categorized as received by an impartial panel of experienced industry experts and professionals. Winning entries will be published in the January 2026 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD. Winners in each category will be acknowledged with an award of recognition. The submission deadline is September 2. | | | KONE APPOINTS WEN AS EVP PROCUREMENT AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD | | | KONE has appointed Michelle Wen as executive vice president (EVP), Procurement and member of the KONE Executive Board, effective August 1. In this new role, Wen will report directly to KONE President and CEO Philippe Delorme. Wen has held several leadership positions in procurement, purchasing, supply chain and supplier quality across various industries in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Read more here | | | WITTUR APPOINTS FEENSTRA AS CCO, PRESIDENT AND GM EMEA | | | The Wittur Group appointed Paul Feenstra as chief commercial officer (CCO), president and general manager (GM) of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, effective July 1. Feenstra joins Wittur from Fluke Corp., part of Fortive, where he served as vice president and GM of EMEA. He brings more than two decades of global executive experience across publicly listed companies, private-equity ventures and start-ups. Read more here | | | TKE NAMES VASA CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER | | | TK Elevator (TKE) announced Sherry Vasa as its new Chief People Officer, effective August 14. Reporting to CEO Uday Yadav, Vasa will lead the global human resources (HR) and communications divisions. Vasa joins TKE from Marelli, a leading global automotive supplier with EUR8.2 billion (US$9.6 billion) in revenue and 45,000 employees. There, she has served as chief HR officer since 2021. Read more here | | | FIELDBOSS RECEIVES TOP RESCO AWARD AT SPAIN EVENT | | | FIELDBOSS, the award-winning field service management software platform for elevator and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) contractors, received Resco's Business Impact of the Year Award during the Resco Next 2025 conference in Valencia, Spain, in May. The fourth Resco award for FIELDBOSS, the honor recognizes FIELDBOSS's vertical solution, with Resco technology at its core, for generating the highest revenue. Read more here | | | LAKEMAN LIFTEN SHOWCASES ROUND LIFT IN NEW ROTTERDAM MUSEUM | Lakeman Liften, a more-than-100-year-old company headquartered in Katwijk, the Netherlands, recently showcased a round hydraulic passenger lift serving the new 30-m-tall FENIX Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Distinguished by a "tornado" staircase rising through a former warehouse, FENIX opened in May as the "first museum dedicated to exploring migration through art." Read more here | | | POHLE, HESS TAKE ON NEW ROLES AT SCHINDLER | | | Meinolf Pohle, currently responsible for Europe North on the Schindler Group Executive Committee (GEC), will take over responsibility for China. He will succeed Daryoush Ziai, who will step down from the GEC to pursue opportunities outside of the company, after a decade driving Schindler's China operations. Patrick Hess, current CEO Schindler Switzerland, will join the GEC and succeed Pohle in leading Europe North. Hess has been with Schindler since 2001 and held several finance positions in Switzerland and the U.K. Hess became CEO of Schindler Aufzüge AG Switzerland in 2018. | | | KONE TO PROVIDE VT SOLUTIONS FOR FINLAND'S TALLEST OFFICE BUILDING | KONE secured an order to provide People Flow® solutions for The Node, which will become Finland's tallest office building standing at 130 m and 32 stories, located in the Pasila neighborhood of Helsinki. Scheduled for completion in 2028, the office building is part of the Keski-Pasila urban development project, aimed at creating a modern center with residential, office and service functions. Read more here | | | ELEVATOR REGISTER HOPES TO BOOST SAFETY, MODERNIZATION | | | Greece's Ministry of Development is launching a nationwide Elevator Register with a goal to record all elevators across the country, regardless of their current certification status, and identify those in need of upgrades to ensure safe operation, Kathimerini reports. Administrative sanctions outlined in previous regulations will be suspended during the registration period. The online platform will go live in early July after the law is passed and will remain open until November 30, according to the ministry. Read more here | | | ANDALUSIAN CRUISE SHIP PORT CALLS FOR BIDS FOR ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT | The Port Authority of Motril on Granada province's Costa Tropical in Spain is calling for bids on a contract to improve the accessibility of the Antonio Armas passenger terminal. The contract includes the installation of an elevator, mechanical ramps and stairs next to the west façade. The project will connect the upper floor of the Port of Motril to the Levante and Costa docks, which will become the new customs control area. Read more here | | | FAIN INCREASES MARKET SHARE TO 20% OF IRISH ELEVATOR MARKET | Spanish-owned lift company FAIN has increased its market share in Ireland to 20% of the Irish elevator market, Raidió TeilifÃs Éireann reports. FAIN first entered the Irish market in 2021 with the acquisition of OTIS Ireland and West of Ireland Lifts (WOIL), under the name Irish Lift Services (ILS). Now, the company will service more than 7,000 lifts nationwide, after completing the acquisition of TKE Ireland, formerly Thyssenkrupp Elevator. Read more here | | | KONE TO PROVIDE VT FOR FUTURE FRENCH METRO LINE | KONE won an order to provide a suite of People Flow® solutions for the future line C of the Toulouse Metro that will serve Toulouse Métropole, France. The 27-km line is set to open in 2028. KONE secured the order to equip the metro line's 21 stations with a total of 90 KONE TransitMaster™ escalators and four KONE TransitMaster sidewalks in Q1 2025. Read more here | | | CHALKE TAKES OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR SCHINDLER ASIA PACIFIC | Nitin Chalke, current country head Schindler India, will join the Schindler Group Executive Committee (GEC), taking over responsibility for Schindler Asia Pacific. He will succeed Robert Seakins, who will step down from the GEC and retire after 22 years with the company. Chalke first joined Schindler in 1998 as field operations director at Schindler India, and then served in various senior leadership roles at Eaton Corp. in Asia Pacific and North America. Chalke rejoined Schindler in 2023 as country head India. Read more here | | | GLOBAL SPACE ELEVATOR CHALLENGE KICKS OFF AT JUNE EVENT | The World Space Elevator Competition (WSPEC), a new non-profit initiative designed to promote the next generation of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) fields worldwide has announced the first-ever global space elevator competition. Designed for university level students and space enthusiasts, WSPEC will feature multiple strategic competitions, starting with robotic climber and power-beaming challenges, designed to advance critical technologies needed to construct an elevator to space — the first ever to take place on a global level. Read more here | | | IN MEMORIAM: DR. PETER LAUER | Dr. Peter Lauer, a well-known force in the elevator world and honorary member of VFA-Interlift e.V., passed away in mid-2024 at the age of 87, VFA-Interlift Chairman Achim Hütter announced in June. A frequent contributor to and collaborator of ELEVATOR WORLD in years past, Lauer studied business and economics at the University of Hamburg in Germany, where he earned a Doctorate in Business Management in 1964. Upon graduation, he moved to Dortmund to manage printing company Rhein-Ruhr Druck with his father-in-law. In 1982, he founded VFZ-Verlag, publisher of the international trade magazine liftreport. Lauer guided VFA-Interlift from its very beginnings and enriched the world of journalism with his expertise, Hütter observed. "His warm and thoughtful manner, as well as his tireless commitment, made him a valued partner of our association," Hütter said. "With his passing, we lose a loyal companion whose passion and dedication to the concerns of the elevator industry will always be remembered. His vision and personality were highly valued by all who worked with him." | | | ARKEL ELECTRONIC INDIA APPOINTS KATTI MD | Arkel Electronic India Pvt. Ltd., part of Sweden-based Innovalift Group, has appointed Vadiraj Katti as managing director (MD). With more than 35 years' leadership experience, Katti is an expert in the electrical, electronics, elevator and industrial sectors with a remarkable track record across India and the Middle East. Read more here | | | EFESME'S BOD AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEWS FUTURE OF EUROPEAN LIFT SMES | European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EFESME), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, held its annual Board of Directors (BoD) and General Assembly on June 25 to review current industry events and define strategic priorities for the future. The Federation's leadership and national associations discussed ongoing initiatives and assessed current challenges. The meeting focused on the future protection and promotion of the interests of European lift SMEs, defining measures to ensure they remain competitive in an evolving global market. Read more here | | | HYUNDAI ELEVATOR VOLUNTEER WORK FOCUSED ON ESG | On June 12, approximately 30 Hyundai Elevator employees gathered to participate in volunteer work protecting the natural environment at Binae Island, Chungju, South Korea, a government-designated inland wetland area. Prior to the day, Hyundai Elevator held thorough pre-education sessions. Employees then removed invasive species like Japanese brome and mile-a-minute weed. In addition, they participated in trash collection and sorting to combat plastic pollution, the official theme for this year's Environment Day. 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 2025 © Elevator World, Inc. | | | |
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