Asia

Seoul Metropolitan Government Begins Accessibility Project

The Seoul Metropolitan Government of Seoul, South Korea, has begun planning for the installation of accessibility facilities for the mobility impaired in five places in the highlands of Seoul, Maeil...

Arkel Electronic India Appoints Katti MD

Arkel Electronic India Pvt. Ltd., part of Sweden-based Innovalift Group, has appointed Vadiraj Katti as managing director (MD). With more than 35 years' leadership experience, Katti is an expert in...

Pune Metro Station Opens New Gate

The Mandai Metro Station in Pune, India, opened gate No. 3 on June 9, the Hindustan Times reports. Pune Metro also announced that new escalator facilities will become operational at Ramwadi and...

TKE Supplies 102 VT Units For New CKG Terminal in China

TK Elevator (TKE) supplied 102 vertical-transportation (VT) units for the new Terminal 3B at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG) in China. The units include passenger elevators, panoramic machine-room-less elevators with...

Elevating Studio and The VT Studio Join Forces

Elevating Studio, a leading global vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy based in Singapore with regional offices in Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and Finland, announced a strategic collaboration with The VT Studio, an established...

KONE Elevator India Inaugurates Mohali Office

KONE Elevator India has expanded its footprint in North India with the inauguration of a new office in Mohali, Punjab, India, babushahi.com is among outlets to report. The new office, strategically located...

Wittur Appoints Wang as China MD

Wittur has announced Jeff Wang as managing director (MD), marking "an exciting chapter for Wittur's presence in one of its most important markets." Wang has more than 20 years' experience...

Railway Station in South India with VT Inaugurated

South Western Railway's (SWR) Gadag Railway Station in Hubballi in the south Indian state of Karnataka, served by four pieces of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — two elevators and two escalators...

Fujitec India Awarded CMRL Escalator Contract

Fujitec India Pvt. Ltd. has been awarded a contract to provide an unspecified number of escalators for the upcoming Chennai Metro Rail Corp.'s (CMRL) Phase 2 Corridor 5 in India,...

HYBON Names Qureshi Regional India Branch Manager

HYBON Elevators & Escalators Pvt. Ltd. has announced Syed Qureshi as branch manager of operations in Telangana and Andra Pradesh, India. With a strong background in sales, project execution, client...

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada

One of the new elevators; image courtesy of MTA

Modern Elevator Provides Two ADA Units for Brooklyn Station

AZERBAIJANI-CHINESE VT FACTORY TO LAUNCH IN AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijani-Chinese VT Factory in Azerbaijan

Elevators were installed in wooden shafts using a certified, high-efficiency assembly method; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Provides 32 Elevators for New Berlin Schools

Biodiverse plan for 1 Silk Street; image courtesy of SOM

1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan