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Schindler India Extends Partnership With HOWL Digital

Mumbai, India-headquartered digital marketing agency HOWL Digital announced it has extended its partnership with Schindler India on March 4. Now in its fourth year, the partnership "aims to drive conversations...

Hotel Owners in Montenegro Donate Elevator to Kotor Clinical Hospital Center

Co-owners of the Montenegro Stars hotel group, Žarko Radulović and Ljudmila Ivanjenko, donated an electric elevator worth EUR67,000 (US$69,468) to the Kotor Clinical Hospital Center, Vijesti reports. The new elevator replaced the previous elevator...

New U.K. Lift and Escalator Apprenticeship Standard Approved

The U.K.’s Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) Employer Group has announced that the sector’s flagship apprenticeship has been officially approved by the Secretary of State and the Institute of Apprenticeships and...

Dubai’s Azizi Developments Announces KONE Partnership

Azizi Developments, a major private developer in the U.A.E., announced a strategic partnership with KONE that involves KONE providing 490 DX Class MonoSpace® elevators to multiple projects across Dubai South, outlets...

FIELDBOSS Opens New U.S. Head Office in South Florida

FIELDBOSS, a leading provider of commercial contractor field service management software for the elevator and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industries, announced the opening of its new U.S. head...

Riyadh Metro Station With 63 VT Units Starts Operations

The seven-story, 40-m-deep Riyadh Metro Qasr Al Hokm Downtown Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has begun operations, linking the Metro's Orange and Blue lines and the bus network, Tunnels & Tunneling is...

Hyperion Solutions Appoints Hewitt as CEO

Hyperion Solutions, the Memphis, Tennessee-headquartered provider of systems, parts and technical services for the vertical-transportation industry, announced it appointed David Hewitt as CEO. Hewitt joins Hyperion from global energy storage...

Landmark Houston Building To Be Converted to Hilton Hotel

The Scanlan Building, an 11-story structure at 405 Main Street in Houston, Texas, built in 1909, is set to be converted into Hilton’s first Canopy by Hilton Hotel following its...

Unregulated Lift Installations Spark Concern in India

The tragic death of a 6-year-old boy who became trapped between a lift and elevator shaft wall in a Hyderabad apartment building prompted The Times of India (ToI) to take a deeper...

Perlen Steel Welcomes Masterson as Its New CEO

Perlen Steel, headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, announced Robert Masterson as its new CEO on February 27. Masterson's "proven ability to inspire teams, drive sustainable growth and transform challenges into opportunities...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus