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VM Elevators Secures London Stadium VT Maintenance Contract
VM Elevators Ltd., a London, U.K.-based premium and independent lift and escalator services provider, tells ELEVATOR WORLD that it has been awarded the lift and escalator maintenance contract at the...
LML Lift Consultants Appoints NSW Senior Consultant
LML Lift Consultants, headquartered in Victoria, Australia, in July announced the appointment of Shayne Puckering as New South Wales (NSW) senior consultant. Puckering has more than 30 years' vertical-transportation (VT)...
In Memoriam: Michael J. Walsh
Michael J. Walsh of Weymouth, Massachusetts, who enjoyed a nearly 60-year elevator industry career and owned his own company, United Elevator, passed away on July 22 at the age of...
KONE Escalators for MTA VT Upgrades in Manhattan and Queens
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD KONE manufactured six new escalators delivered under an escalator replacement project designed by North American engineering firm Entuitive at the West...
ECNY Celebrates 2025 Scholarship Recipients
Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) celebrated 13 winners of the annual ECNY scholarships on July 9 at Villa Barone Manor in the Bronx, NY. Including the scholars’ families, the...
State Report Shows MARTA Escalator in Beyoncé Concert Accident Missing Several Parts
A new state report shows that the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) escalator involved in the post-Beyoncé concert accident in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 14 was missing several parts, WSB-TV 2 reports....
Squamish Nation Vancouver Development To Open by End of Year
The Squamish Nation-led work site Sen̓áḵw at Kits Point adjacent to Vanier Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is set to open its first units to residents by the end of...
Schindler VT Units for New Two-Tower Manhattan Complex
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is installing 15 vertical-transportation (VT) units for 80 Clarkson, a residential complex along the Hudson River in Manhattan's West Village that consists of two 37-...
EQT Announces US$2.7 Billion Tender Offer To Privatize Fujitec
BPEA Private Equity Fund IX ("EQT") is set to make a US$2.7 billion tender offer to privatize Fujitec Co., Ltd., PR Newswire reports. This marks the largest sponsor-led take-private deal in Japan year-to-date and EQT's largest...
Lift Technician Dies After Crushed by Elevator in Hong Kong
A lift technician died after being crushed by an elevator in the largest district general hospital in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong on July 27, Hong...
