Digitalization

Using Digital Tools To Elevate Sustainability

by Robert Kaspersma, Claudio Donghi This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract In the European Union, the building sector is the...

Elevator Digital Media Forum to be Held in Vietnam

MMA Global, Chicilon Media and Kantar Media will host "Leading the New Era of Advertising: Building Elevator Digital Media," a forum on trends and insights in elevator digital media, in...

PSTN Switchover Could Leave People Stuck in Lifts in U.K.

The switchover from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to the digital network in the U.K., set to be complete at the end of 2025 with the copper network fully...

Otis Launches Gen3 Digitally Connected Elevator in Thailand

Otis launched its Gen3TM digitally connected elevator in Thailand during a launch event titled "Platform for Possibility" in Bangkok on August 16. Gen3 blends the proven flat-belt technology of the...

Dubai Company Debuts Residential Elevator Screens in U.K.

Digital screens have been placed in residential elevators at the Royal Wharf development in London in partnership with developer Oxley, allowing property partners to create, upload and display important community...

KONE Digital Experience Available in Australia’s Tallest Building

Australia’s tallest tower has introduced an extraordinary attraction — the KONE Digital Experience Display elevator, Australia’s first-of-its-kind sustainable and immersive elevator experience — through a partnership between KONE and SkyPoint,...

Building Transportation in the Digital Age

The industry and AHJs are leveraging digitalization, but in this partnership, more needs to be done. by Philip W. Grone More than 40 years have passed since the initial “intelligent...

IoT Takes the Elevator World Into Industry 5.0

A new era of PLM and sustainability has arrived.  by Christian-Erik Thoeny This paper was presented at Elevcon 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. KEY WORDS: IoT, Industry 5.0, condition monitoring,...

Rethinking IoT Applications in the Elevator Industry

by Rob Wurth This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Introduction The technologies associated with the Internet of Things (IoT) industry have...

Connected Lifts. Digital Evolution.

by Julio Gil and Pedro Fernández This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract We are currently experiencing the consolidation of already...

BOY DIES IN “OLD AND POORLY MAINTAINED” ELEVATOR IN INDIA

Boy Dies in “Old and Poorly Maintained” Elevator in India

Cho Jae-cheon, CEO of Hyundai Elevator, left, and Yoon Jeong-il, head of Hyundai E&C's purchasing division, sign an MoU at Hyundai E&C's headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul; image courtesy of Hyundai Elevator

Hyundai Elevator Signs Modular Elevator Commercialization MoU

The circa-1985 elevators on SkyTrain’s Expo Line are being replaced with new KONE units; image courtesy of TransLink via X.

40-Year-Old SkyTrain Elevators Being Replaced in Canada

TKE OWNERS SELECT FINANCIAL ADVISORS FOR PLANNED IPO

TKE Owners Select Financial Advisors for Planned IPO

CIA TO SHOWCASE CANOPEN LIFT AT INTERLIFT

CIA To Showcase CANopen Lift at Interlift