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| | | EW EUROPE TO FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | | | The November-December 2025 issue of ELEVATOR WORLD Europe will focus on Communication Systems with bonus distribution IEES 2025. Submissions will be accepted through October 31. The Advertising deadline is November 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. | | | VOTING OPENS SEPTEMBER 15 FOR ELLIES EUROPE AWARDS | | | Elevator World Inc.'s prestigious and wildly popular Ellies Awards are now open available in Europe. Established seven years ago in North America, the first Ellies Awards Europe will recognize European vertical-transportation industry businesses that have gone above and beyond for their customers, employees and communities. Ellies Europe is totally controlled by you: The voting period will be September 15-19, and anyone can vote. Winners in each category will be announced and presented with their Ellies Award live onstage at interlift 2025 on October 15 at 1:30 p.m. If you have any questions or have any general feedback on the program, feel free to reach out by email. | | | ANTICIPATION BUILDS FOR INTERLIFT 2025 IN NEW NUREMBERG LOCATION | | | Anticipation is building for interlift 2025, the leading vertical-transportation (VT) trade fair planned in Nuremberg, Germany (for the first time), at Messe Nurnberg on October 14-17, event organizer AFAG Messen reports. More than 500 exhibitors from 39 countries will be attending, with interlift occupying expanded space: 50,000 m2. AFAG Managing Directors Henning and Thilo Könicke said the physical expansion and "exciting developments in content" form ideal conditions for intensive knowledge exchange and new partnerships. VFA-interlift Chairman Achim Hütter said new products from the world of VT technology, from technological components to system solutions and digital applications, will be on display. Big names present at the fair, which also includes the VFA-Forum, include Fermator, Meiller, Montanari, Orona, Wittur and many more. Current industry trends to be explored include cybersecurity, energy efficiency, sustainability, digitalization and innovations in home lifts. Interlift also plans to host its first presentation on automated logistics for vertically distributed production environments. | | | HAGER APPOINTED CEO OF GERMANY FIXTURE COMPANY BS TABLEAU | | | Innovalift AB announced on LinkedIn recently that Volker Hager has been appointed CEO of BS Tableau, its company based in Zülpich, Germany, that manufactures custom fixtures for elevator manufacturers. Founded by Rainer Bunk in 1995, BS Tableau also offers a broad range of electronic components to lift operators and OEMs, primarily for modernization projects. Hager has extensive experience in the vertical-transportation industry, previously holding management roles at Hydroware and TK Elevator. Read more here | | | GEE MILANO COMING UP IN NOVEMBER IN MILAN, ITALY | | | Organizers of the Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE) Milano, planned on November 19-21 at Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy, invite members of the vertical-transportation industry to join them for the global event, described as "the key event for the future of vertical mobility." Part of the Milan International Building Alliance (MIBA), GEE Milano is held concurrently with the MADE Expo (architecture and construction), the Smart Building Expo (technology) and SiCUREZZA (international security and fire). Read more here | | | DIE AUFZUGSINGENIEURE ANNOUNCES PROJECT MANAGEMENT HEAD | | | Holger Kirchhof is the new head of project management at Germany's "Die Aufzugsingenieure," a new company specializing in lift consulting for planning, operation, maintenance and training, LIFTJournal reports. His new role will be in expediting the expansion of the engineering company. As a graduate economist, he previously worked for various lift sector companies in leading positions. Read more here | | | FREE TOURS OF EIFFEL TOWER'S ELEVATOR SYSTEM PART OF EVENT | On September 20-21, free tours will be offered of the historic East Pillar elevator at Paris' Eiffel Tower, part of European Heritage Days, PARIS SECRET is among outlets to report. Each year, European Heritage Days, a participatory cultural event organized by the Council of Europe and the European Union, opens doors to places that are usually inaccessible. The machinery of the Eiffel Tower's historic elevator, organizers observe, represents a "rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of one of the world's most visited monuments." Read more here | | | MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR TES 2026 IN DUBAI | | | With approximately 50 exhibitors already signed up, momentum is building for the next edition of The Elevator Show (TES) Dubai, planned on September 21-23 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) for the second time. The first edition of TES Dubai took place in 2024 and attracted 3,700 visitors from 76 countries to explore the offerings of 110 exhibitors. Organized by AFAG Messen und Austellungen of interlift and leading industry trade publication ELEVATOR WORLD, the inaugural event received consistently positive reviews. Read more here | | | Integrated Control Technology (ICT), an expert in intelligent access control, intrusion detection and building automation, and KONE have announced the integration of ICT's Protege GX system with KONE Office Flow, delivering a unified solution for access control and elevator management in commercial buildings, SecurityInfoWatch reports. The integration is expected to synchronize user records across both systems, allowing centralized and automated building management. Read more here | | | IEES TO EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF VT SAFETY FROM MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES | | | The program for this year's International Elevator & Escalator Symposium (IEES), planned on December 11-12 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is now available, showing the symposium theme, "The Future of Vertical-Transportation (VT) Safety," will be explored from many different angles by experts including engineers, CEOs, labor leaders, government officials and many more from all over the world. Representatives of associations, consultancies, leading independent VT companies, top educational institutions, international technology providers and law firms are among those scheduled to present. Read more here | | | TKE SECURES MAJOR SERVICE CONTRACT WITH DENMARK'S DSB | TK Elevator (TKE) announced on September 4 it secured a five-year service contract with Danske Statsbaner (DSB), Demark's largest railway company, covering maintenance of more than 200 elevators and escalators and 160 additional mobility units across the DSB network. The agreement covers multi-vendor maintenance of mobility units at stations serving urban, suburban and long-distance rail networks throughout Denmark. Read more here | | | SECOND ELEVATOR INCIDENT SPARKS CONCERNS OVER HOSPITAL SAFETY STANDARDS IN GREECE | A second elevator malfunction has been reported within days at Gennimatas Hospital in Athens, sparking renewed concern over safety standards in Greek public hospitals, tovima reports. According to reports, the latest incident occurred when a hospital employee attempted to transport a patient in a wheelchair. The elevator became stuck between two floors, leaving both the staff member and the patient temporarily trapped. Read more here | | | MONTANARI NORTH AMERICA LAUNCHES BELT GEARLESS SERIES | Montanari North America, the U.S. subsidiary of Montanari Group, proudly announces the launch of its new MBA series, high-performing belted gearless for elevator modernizations and new installations across the U.S. and Canada. The MBA series features belted-driven gearless technology, a proven solution that has been part of Montanari Group's global product portfolio for several years, with thousands of successful installations worldwide. Read more here | | | KONE LANDS MAJOR ELEVATOR ORDER FOR THREE-TOWER DUBAI PROJECT | KONE announced on September 1 it landed a major elevator order from developer Binghatti for Binghatti Skyrise, a 250-m-tall, three-tower residential development in Dubai's Business Bay scheduled for completion in March 2027. The order comprises next-generation high-rise technology and includes 44 MiniSpace® and two N MonoSpace® elevators with a maximum speed of 6 m/s. Read more here | | | TKE WINS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY 50 EOX ELEVATORS IN ISTANBUL | TK Elevator (TKE) announced on August 25 it was awarded a contract to supply 50 of its environmentally friendly EOX elevators for the MONA94 premium residential development in Beykoz, Istanbul, Türkiye. The development features villas designed to offer "modern, sustainable living in harmony with nature." EOX is engineered to lower energy consumption by up to 28% using smart, traffic-adaptive features and regenerative drives, making it ideal for the low- and mid-rise buildings in the MONA94 project. Read more here | | | SIMSINLIFTS FINALIST FOR THREE PROPERTY WEEK TECH INNOVATION AWARDS | Pioneering lift communications company, SIMSINLifts, has been shortlisted as a finalist in three prestigious categories of the U.K.'s Property Week Tech Innovation Awards 2025: Best Property Management Solution – Commercial; Digital Transformation & Data Excellence; and Commercial Innovation in PropTech success. Judges were particularly impressed by SIMSINLifts' three standout innovations: multi-roam lift sim cards, an industry-first lift sim management platform – Lift Sim Manager – and a first-of-its-kind lift sim telephony connection. Read more here | | | SCHINDLER TIMES SQUARE ELEVATOR SYSTEM INCLUDES GLASS SHAFT | Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided the 14-unit elevator system serving 1 Times Square, a 26-story commercial tower at 1475 Broadway in NYC's Times Square that New York YIMBY said is set to open in the fall. Designed by S9 Architecture and developed by Jamestown, the US$500-million project involved re-cladding and full gutting (including removal of the previous elevator system) of the structure, as well as the addition of LED displays and viewing platforms overlooking Times Square. Read more here | | | KONE CONTRACT WITH UNITED ELEVATORS TO EXPAND EGYPT REACH | KONE announced on August 28 it signed a strategic contract with Egypt's United Elevators, making the company KONE's first Egypt channel partner. The two companies have agreed to collaborate to deliver innovative and sustainable vertical-transportation (VT) solutions for both new installation and modernization projects, "supporting Egypt's urban transformation and ensuring smoother, safer journeys in homes, workplaces and public spaces." 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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