Editor’s Overview

The Human Touch

  A baby who is not picked up and held will fail to thrive. Humans need the touch of other humans to succeed as happy, rational people. Never has that...

2021, Finally!

The year 2020 was one we will never forget — wildfires, hurricanes, politics and a plague. Here on the cusp of 2021 (at the time of this writing), we are...

Editor’s Overview Türkiye January – February 2021 Issue

Dear Elevator World Turkey readers, Everyone agrees on how tough the year 2020 was, which we have left behind. As a country, we had to deal with the exchange rate...

Beauty and the Beast

This month's issue is a study in contrasts. The "beast" is the coronavirus that comes to us from nature and refuses to go away. The "beauty" is our annual photo...

Changing Times

When the planning of this issue began, we were still in the early stages of understanding the global coronavirus pandemic and modifying our lives to deal with it. There was...

The Good, the Bad and the Reality

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”— Philip K. Dick I’m a pretty upbeat person, but I’m unable to will COVID-19 away. ELEVATOR WORLD...

Dear Readers of Elevator World Turkey,

Because of COVID-19 which emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of the last year and has affected the whole world, most of the events planned for 2020 were postponed...

Finding Beauty Where We Work

Our annual photo contest never ceases to amaze me with the beauty and creativity at work in the elevator industry. It’s not just that we build beautiful objects; we see...

Let’s Hear It for the Doors

by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick The elevator industry was very lucky to be considered “essential” throughout regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, so maintenance continued, while construction stalled. An industry survey conducted...

Elevator World Turkey

Dear Readers of Elevator World Turkey, The countries’ expectations of economic shrinkage due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the results of the second quarter are being announced worldwide. Although the...

Canopy over the escalator at the Embarcadero station; image courtesy of BART

BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates

Pankrác metro station platform; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Year-Long Construction Closes Two Prague Metro Stations

The station is served by Schindler escalators; photo by Marc A. Hermann for the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

NYC LIRR Among “Most Beautiful for Interior Design”

At the Royal Palace of Naples, an interactive virtual elevator transports you through four centuries of life in the palace; image via Finestre sull’ Arte.

Royal Palace of Naples Introduces Interactive Virtual Elevator Exhibit

DLF The Arbour; image courtesy of DLF

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India