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Superyacht Design Includes Unique Telescopic Elevator
As part of a final-year project, Finn Berg, who recently completed a bachelor's degree course in Automotive and Transport Design at the University of Coventry in the U.K., designed a...
Alimak Group Commits to Science Based Targets Initiative
Sweden-headquartered Alimak Group announced on May 7 it has committed to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and will set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement....
Aritec New Materials Group Announces Alberto Sassi Partnership
Luzern, Switzerland-headquartered Aritec New Materials Group on May 3 announced a strategic partnership with Alberto Sassi S.p.A., the Italian company known for its elevator machine technology. Elevator belts, Aritec stated,...
New Jersey Elevator Mishap That Occured in 2023 Heads to Court
A July 2023 incident in which a 5-year-old girl’s arm was injured as a result of it getting stuck between the elevator door and shaft on the seventh floor of...
CECA 1939 Club To Gather After Golf Classic
The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) 1939 Club, a group of CECA members between the ages of 19 and 39, will meet on June 12 for cocktails following the CECA...
Direct-Entry Residential Elevators Gaining Popularity in the U.S.
A symbol of privacy, exclusivity and efficiency, direct-entry elevators to transport residents straight to their homes in luxury towers are gaining popularity in the U.S., says the architect who pioneered...
KONE Monospace MRLs for Mid-Rise Buildings in Two NYC Boroughs
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided one MonoSpaceTM 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevator each to two new seven-story residential buildings in Flushing, Queens, and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. At 138-25 Barclay...
KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...
Wurtec’s Steve Wurth Among EY US Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Finalists
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year® 2024 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award on May 1, and Steve Wurth, founder/CEO of Toledo,Ohio-based...
Hyundai Elevator Sings MOU With Saudi Arabia
On May 3, Hyundai Elevator signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cultural Affairs Department of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to exchange human resources (HR)...
