Elevator World

Since 1953, Elevator World, Inc. has been the premier publisher for the global vertical transportation industry. It employs specialists in Mobile, Alabama, and has technical and news correspondents around the world.

Vantage Elevator Solutions Welcomes New CCO Tomasino

Vantage Elevator Solutions, headquartered in Bronx, NY, announced that Justin Tomasino has joined the company as chief commercial officer (CCO). Tomasino has more than 35 years' experience in the elevator...

Korea Report Shows VT Accidents Increasing For Senior Citizens

A report by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) shows the annual number of accidents involving senior citizens on automated transportation, including vertical transportation (VT), has been increasing since 2020, The Korea...

CECA: Postal Worker Strike to Affect TSSA Mail

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) tells members that the strike announced by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers on November 15 will disrupt mail services and impact regulated clients...

Abedian Plans US$580 Million Australian Residential Skyscraper

Abedian & Co, the family’s private development company that has been developing the Gold Coast’s skyline for 40 years, has filed plans for three towers in the past week, reports The...

BXP Postpones Construction of 27-Story Boston Office Building

Due to unfavorable financial conditions, Boston Properties (BXP) has postponed the construction of a 27-story, 660,000 ft2 office building at 171 Dartmouth Street. in Boston's Back Bay. During the company’s third-quarter...

West Hollywood Parking Structure to Get Updated Elevator

The City of West Hollywood in California will begin an elevator modernization project at the West Hollywood Park 5-Story Parking Structure located at 625 North San Vicente Boulevard in December,...

Key India Rail Hub Opens Escalators and New Booking Office

Newly constructed booking office and escalators at the second entrance of Kottayam Railway Station in India were inaugurated and opened to the public on November 12 by the Union Minister...

Huasheng Fujitec Elevator Wins NY Product Design Award

HUASHENG FUJITEC Elevator Co., Ltd., the Shanghai-based production arm of Fujitec, received the Silver Winner Award for the DF-f destination floor registration unit in the 2024 NY Product Design Awards,...

A Life of Determination: Ali Aktaş

A visionary with Balkan roots, Ali Aktaş aimed to establish a lift and escalator factory in Türkiye with ambitions reaching back to the Balkans. Recognized as a pioneer in the...

SEELift Network Skopje Meetup

Belgrade hosted the SEELift Network event this year, connecting the Balkan countries for the fourth time. The fourth SEELift Network event was organized in the Serbian capital of Belgrade in...

CLOSINGS FOR THANKSGIVING

Closings for Thanksgiving

LEEA AWARDS 2024 ANNOUNCED AT “BIGGEST YET” EVENT

LEEA Awards 2024 Announced at “Biggest Yet” Event

ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN INDIA ELEVATOR INCIDENT

One Dead, One Injured in India Elevator Incident

The Otis Electric 7000; image courtesy of Otis Electric

Otis Electric 7000 Launched at CIIE in Shanghai

ELEVATOR ESCALATOR INSTALLER REPAIRER TOPS JOB LIST

Elevator/Escalator Installer/Repairer Tops Job List