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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus

The Mogilevliftmash elevator assembly plant in Belarus has officially opened in Azerbaijan, BelTA reports. At the opening, Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin was shown the company's production facilities and elevator models to be...

Unsworth Joins LML Lift Consultants Senior Consultant

Richie Lobert, founder and co-director of Australia's LML Lift Consultants, announced that John Unsworth has joined the company as a senior consultant overseeing numerous major projects. Well known in the...

Wurtec Celebrating 40th Anniversary

Toledo, Ohio-headquartered Wurtec, a leading provider of elevator tools, components and engineered solutions, is proud to be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 1985 by Steve Wurth,...

HydraSafe Brake: NYC Training, a Move and a New Hire

HydraSafe® Brake CEO Kevin Cunningham recently shared news with ELEVATOR WORLD about work in NYC, a physical move and a new hire. In Manhattan in late April, HydraSafe provided installation training...

Hotels Prepare to Implement Recent Elevator Code Revisions

Hotels are preparing to implement recent updates to the International Building Code (IBC) and ASME A17.1/CSA B44 elevator safety codes before the implementation deadlines, Hotel Business reports. The elevator code updates include...

Panel Reveals Growth of Lift Industry in Turkish City

A panel titled "The place of the Konya Lift Industry in Türkiye" was organized by the Konya Elevator Panel, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO) Konya Branch and Chamber of Electrical...

NYC MTA Welcomes Modernized Elevators at Bronx Subway Station

The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) welcomed two completely modernized elevators at the 3rd Avenue-149th Street subway station in the South Bronx on May 1. Contracted to Otis, work included...

MEI Acquires Archi-Tread

Minnesota Elevator, Inc. (MEI), a Mankato, Minnesota-based manufacturer of custom-engineered, made-to-order elevator packages, announced its acquisition of Archi-Tread, Inc., founded in 2014 by Scott Akin, on April 30. Archi-Tread offers...

U.A.E.’s National Elevator Approaches 40th Anniversary

The U.A.E.'s National Elevators is proud to be approaching its 40th anniversary in 2026, General Manager Raja Mohamed Syed Ali said. Founded in 1986, National Elevators has evolved and risen...

GEE Milano to Focus on Modernization, Software and More

The Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE) Milano, planned at Fiera Milano Rho in Milan, Italy, on November 19-21, will include an exhibition platform focusing on innovations in maintenance and system upgrades...

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus

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Unsworth Joins LML Lift Consultants Senior Consultant

This July will mark 40 years since the beginning of Wurtec; image courtesy of Wurtec

Wurtec Celebrating 40th Anniversary

HydraSafe surveyed 17 elevators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with partner Claddagh, which will be providing a control system for single-plunger code compliance; photo by Hugo Schneider for Wikipedia.

HydraSafe Brake: NYC Training, a Move and a New Hire

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Hotels Prepare to Implement Recent Elevator Code Revisions