Escalators

EESF Launches Phase 1 of Safe-T-Riders App

The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) recently announced on LinkedIn the launch of Phase 1 of the Safe-T-Riders App, which takes all of the vital information the Safe-T-Riders are known for teaching...

London-Based VM Elevators Announces Community Partnership

VM Elevators Ltd., a leading provider of lift and escalator services in East London, on January 20 announced via Specification Online it has partnered with Leyton Orient (football club [F.C])...

TKE Spotlights Universal Service Platform in Thailand

TK Elevator (TKE) recently spotlighted how its Universal Service platform ensures accessibility for metro and railway systems in Thailand. The OEM currently services more than 740 elevators and escalators at...

Three-Year-Old Boy Dies Falling From Escalator Handrail

On January 14, a three-year-old boy died after falling from an escalator handrail in a mall in Delhi, India, NDTV reports. A police officer said that the boy was with a group...

Atlas Elevators Signs Contract With FUJIHD

Atlas Elevators General Trading and Contracting Co. signed an exclusive contract with elevator supplier FUJIHD, on January 12, argaam reports. Both companies are based in Saudi-Arabia. The five-year contract makes Atlas Elevators...

Registration Now Open For LIFTEX 2025 in London

Organizers of LIFTEX 2025, the U.K.’s only dedicated exhibition for the lift, escalator and access industry, announce that free registration for the event, planned on June 11-12 at ExCeL in London, is...

Dubai’s RTA Seeks Contractor for Next Metro Station Upgrade

Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) recently sought out contractors for a contract to upgrade the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall station expansion, Meed reports. The notice for the design-and-build contract, part of the RTA’s...

LEIA Announces President and Vice President

Karis Walker, head of Commercial at TK Elevator (TKE), has been appointed president and Andrew Renwick, managing director (MD) at Caltech Lifts, has been appointed as vice president of the...

NAESA New York Elevator Mechanic Seminar Coming Up in Blauvelt

Elevator Conference of New York reminds interested parties that NAESA International will offer a one-day, in-person Code Update Seminar for New York state-licensed elevator mechanics on January 15 in Blauvelt, NY. All...

KONE VT for Resort and Commercial Hub in Cambodia

KONE announced on January 9 it was awarded a comprehensive vertical-transportation (VT) contract by Chinese foreign-investment firm Peninsula Bay Investment Co., Ltd., to provide a suite of People Flow® solutions to...

Training included both classroom and hands-on instruction; image courtesy of Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District.

Ozarks Firefighters Receive Elevator Rescue Training

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EWI Contributor Receives FSAI Appointment

REGISTER NOW FOR ELEVCON 2025 IN LISBON, PORTUGAL

Register Now for ELEVCON 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal

Partners from around the world gathered at Mayr’s Germany HQ; image courtesy of Mayr.

Mayr Hosts Event at Germany HQ and Opens Spanish Subsidiary

CGI view of the proposed 33 Cavendish Square scheme behind Oxford Circus; image via BD

Planes Revealed for West End Tower Update