International News

Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum

Otis Brazil announced on March 13 it has joined the Companies With Refugees Forum, an initiative of the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency and UN Global Compact Brazil. Company members...

Wittur Names Aull New CEO

Wittur Holding GmbH, the Germany-based international elevator components supplier, has appointed Udo Aull as CEO. Aull succeeds Tom Stephenson, who steps down after more than three and a half years....

Ziehl-Abegg Invites Entries in Inaugural AI Communication Award 2024

Künzelsau, Germany-based Ziehl-Abegg SE invites AI innovators to submit their projects to the inaugural AI Communication Award 2024 through April 19. A July 2 ceremony hosted by Ziehl-Abegg in Kupferzell,...

EW Becomes Exclusive Media Partner of the Nordic Lift Expo

ELEVATOR WORLD recently became the exclusive media partner of the Nordic Lift Expo, planned on November 12 at Scandic Infra City just outside of Stockholm, Sweden. The first post-pandemic Nordic...

CECA Elle-levator Virtual Meeting Planned for April

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has announced the next Elle-levator — Women in Industry meeting will be held virtually on April 3 at noon Eastern Standard Time. The event...

Ray Miller Joins IPH Wire Rope To Oversee NA Efforts

Ray Miller recently joined IPH Wire Rope, a leading manufacturer of steel cables for the elevator industry based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this role, Miller will oversee IPH’s North...

Ziehl-Abegg Record Year in 2023

Ziehl-Abegg, the Germany-headquartered manufacturer of electric elevator motors, among other components in drive, ventilation and control technology, in March announced it had the best year in company history in 2023,...

Elevator Safety Run Sets Record at SLM World 2024

On the second day of Smart Lift & Mobility (SLM) World 2024, organizers achieved a monumental milestone with the Elevator Safety Run with more than 1,500 people joining the event,...

New Plans Submitted for One Fairchild Street in London

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has submitted plans for a 27-story office tower in Shoreditch on the fringe of the City of London, Building Design reports. The One Fairchild Street...

PAPL, Ardelisys Launch IoT-Based Elevator Monitoring System at SLM World in India

On March 2 during Smart Lift & Mobility World 2024 in Bangalore, India, PAPL Corp., in partnership with Ardelisys Technologies Pvt. Ltd., announced the launch of K A L A,...

TEI AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ELEVATORS AT BROOKLYN AMBULATORY HUB

TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub

Sara Marta, a refugee from Luanda, Angola, was hired in 2023 as an electromechanical assembler; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions’ Mankato, Minnesota, manufacturing facility; image courtesy of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ

Aull

Wittur Names Aull New CEO

(l-r) Legends Tower and the Boardwalk at Bricktown, designed by AO; image via the Robb Report

Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing