Events

Elevator Digital Media Forum Held in Vietnam

Marketing trade association MMA Global and Chicilon Media, Vietnam’s leading elevator digital media company, recently convened a forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, themed "Leading New Era of Advertising: Building Elevator Digital...

Draper Elevator Interiors to Host Octoberfest Networking Event

Draper Elevator Interiors, a family-owned and operated company that specializes in the design, fabrication and installation of custom elevator cabs and cab interiors, plans to host the Octoberfest Elevator Social...

A17.1 Standards Committee Code Week in Kansas City

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1 Standards Committee is holding Code Week on October 8-10 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Kansas City, Missouri. Open to the public,...

Inaugural Lift Expo Azerbaijan Planned in February 2025

Organized by Intro Exhibition & Conference, the inaugural Lift Expo Azerbaijan is planned on February 26-28 at the Baku Expo Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. The exhibition will showcase innovations in...

Singapore’s “Hotel in Nature” Named CTBUH Best Tall Building

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced that Singapore's Pan Pacific Orchard "hotel in nature," served by Schindler elevators, was named the 2024 Best Tall Building Worldwide...

Inside the Future of the Elevator Workforce

How the SkillsUSA Conference is an integral part of developing a talent pipeline for our industry Every summer, SkillsUSA hosts its National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), a weeklong event...

KONE Hosts Capital Markets Day in Helsinki

KONE hosted its Capital Markets Day for institutional investors and analysts in Helsinki on September 27. During Capital Markets Day, KONE presented its new strategy called “Rise” for 2025-2030. A...

Deadline Extended for Elevcon 2025 Abstract Submission

Organizers of Elevcon 2025, the 24th International Congress on Vertical-Transportation (VT) Technologies, planned on June 17-19, 2025, in Lisbon, Portugal, have extended the deadline to submit abstracts to September 30....

United Convention Program Now Available Digitally

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) announces the full program for the upcoming United Convention, bringing together NAEC, the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association, the International Association of Elevator Consultants...

U.K.-Based Access BDD to Launch New Platform Lift in NA

Following the successful launch of its range of stairlifts in North America in 2021, U.K.-based Access BDD plans to showcase its Supra Linea Platform Lift to the North American market...

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