The International Elevator Information Seminar is an annual event held by the Pacific-Asia Lift and Escalator Association (PALEA). The 2023 seminar will be held at Sheraton Hotel, Hanoi, on October 5th, 2023, with the cooperation and coorganization of the Vietnam Elevator Association (VNEA).

This would be the first time a Vietnamese representative, the VNEA, have come forward and hosted the International Elevator Information Seminar. The seminar will be a gathering place for the leading enterprises in the field of elevator, escalator, and supporting industries, as well as associations and legislatures from countries all around the world.

In the seminar, representatives from PALEA and VNEA, as well as enterprises, associations, and agencies, will present reports regarding the elevator and escalator industry’s pressing issues, according to individual subjects.

The International Elevator Information Seminar is the result of the recent promotional activities between VNEA and PALEA. The two will continue to support and closely cooperate with each other, creating many development and integration opportunities for Vietnam’s elevator industry.

The seminar is also a chance for enterprises, associations, and agencies from different countries to exchange the latest information and ideas from the elevator and escalator industries of each country, ensuring that the members always follow the latest trends, and demands, alongside regional and international rules and standards.

PALEA’s 106th International Elevator and Escalator Information Seminar, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 2023

PALEA was founded in February 1998 in Singapore, with the mission of unifying the area’s rules and standards for the elevator industry. Through this, the Association aims to minimize the negative effects caused by the discrepancies and differences in elevator and escalator safety, design, manufacture, and assembly requirements between countries.

Unifying the suitability assessment process for elevator and escalator products in the area also helps decrease the demand for reassessment of these products, thereby increasing efficiency, reducing cost and time, and maximizing profit for the elevator industry’s community.

PALEA comprises of organizations and enterprises from 13 countries and territories in Pacific Asia, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Siri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Viet Nam.

Amongst these organizations and enterprises are the state agencies in Pacific Asia, as well as elevator, technology, and supporting enterprises, such as KoELSA (Korean Elevator Safety Agency), LECA (Hong Kong Lift and Escalator Contractors Association), BCA (Singapore Building and Construction Authority), Schindler, Otis, Kone, Fujitec, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Wittur,…