News
Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada
Technical Safety British Columbia (TS BC) is reminding the public of the importance of following caution signs after a fatal escalator fall last year at Saanich’s Uptown Shopping Centre in...
Modern Elevator Provides Two ADA Units for Brooklyn Station
Modern Elevator installed and manufactured two Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant elevators at the Bay Ridge-95th Street NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) station in Brooklyn, NY, according to MTA, which...
Azerbaijani-Chinese VT Factory in Azerbaijan
Fujiai Azerbaijan LLC, a joint Azerbaijani-Chinese venture, plans to launch a US$2.1-million vertical-transportation (VT) factory in the Aghdam Industrial Park in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region, Caliber reports. Operating on a 1-ha site, the...
Schindler Provides 32 Elevators for New Berlin Schools
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 32 energy-efficient, low-rise 3000 elevators to 32 new school buildings being constructed by the City of Berlin in Germany. Because the structures are timber...
1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) has devised a plan to replace Linklaters' 1980s headquarters (HQ) at 1 Silk Street in London, England, with two 20-story towers, Building Design reported in June. The...
KONE on CDP 2024 Supplier Engagement A List
KONE has been recognized on CDP's 2024 Supplier Engagement Assessment (SEA) A list. This is the sixth year since 2018 that KONE has earned a Supplier Engagement Leaderboard position, ranking...
Godwin Joins CEDES as a Key Account Manager
CEDES recently welcomed Jason Godwin as key account manager of the North Europe elevator and escalator division. Godwin has worked across the U.K., U.S., Australia, Central Europe and Middle East...
MEGA Bill Passed in North Carolina
House Bill 559, also known as Make Elevators Great Again (MEGA), was one of six proposals signed into law in North Carolina by Gov. Josh Stein on July 7, The Center...
Alimak Acquires Texas-Based Industrial Elevator Business
Alimak Group, the global provider of vertical-access and working-at-height solutions headquartered in Sweden, on July 8 announced plans to acquire the permanent industrial elevator business of Century Elevators Inc., based...
Italy’s CMAlifts Undergoing Major Expansion
CMAlifts®, headquartered in Corato, Italy, is undergoing a EUR42-million (US$49-million), 15,000-m2 expansion that will see three new factories built and the company occupying a total area of approximately 60,000 m2. In...
