Elevators

Wyoming City Taps KONE for Arena Elevator Repairs

The City Council in Casper, Wyoming, amended a contract with the city’s elevator maintenance provider, KONE, to include repair of the passenger elevator serving the Ford Wyoming Center multipurpose area,...

Otis Marks Second Year of Workplace Inclusion Recognition

Otis Worldwide Corp. announced on August 20 it has been recognized as a leader in creating and promoting an inclusive work culture in the U.S. by Seramount — a professional...

LCD Elevator System for Historically Significant NYC Property

Richie Clark, co-owner of Mineola, New York-based LCD Elevator Repair, Inc., tells ELEVATOR WORLD the company and its suppliers provided a five-unit elevator system for 720 West End Avenue, a...

Two KONE MRLs for New Senior Housing Tower in the Bronx

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided two MonoSpace® 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevators for 1940 Turnbull Avenue, a new 14-story senior apartment complex in the Bronx, NYC. New York YIMBY...

Elevator Service Group Announces GEDA USA Partnership

The Elevator Service Group of Hoist & Crane Service Group, headquartered in Jefferson, Louisiana, with locations throughout the U.S., announced it is now an authorized service provider for GEDA USA....

Elevcon 2025 Calls for Abstracts Ahead of September 15 Deadline

Organizers of Elevcon 2025, the leading conference of the elevator and vertical-transportation (VT) industry by the International Association of Elevator Engineers (IAEE) on June 17-19 in Lisbon, Portugal, have issued...

GS E&C in Talks to Sell Stake in GS Elevator

GS E&C is considering unloading control of some of its subsidiaries following its KRW388 billion (US$287 million) operating loss in 2023 — its first annual operating loss in 10 years...

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...

Southwest Elevator Promotes Graham to Operations Manager

Southwest Elevator Co., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announced in August the promotion of Tony Graham to operations manager. Graham has been with Southwest Elevator for nearly 15 years, holding...

ATIS Welcomes Gressett as Elevator Consultant for Southeast

ATIS recently welcomed Ryan Gresset, a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, as an elevator consultant for the Southeast. Based in Georgia, Gressett boasts 20 years' experience including various leadership roles...

Rendering of the outdoor elevator; image via The Japan News

Japan Castle To Get Outdoor Elevator

Inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport; photo by Robert Polidori for SOM

Lack of Adequate VT Sparks Concern in Mumbai, India

The Alpha Matar team; image courtesy of Alpha Matar

Alpha Matar Signs Cooperation Protocol With Sunrise Hotels Group

Images courtesy of KONE

KONE Celebrates 115th Anniversary

SDSU PARKING ELEVATORS OPERATING WITH EXPIRED PERMITS

SDSU Parking Elevators Operating With Expired Permits