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Otis Celebrates 10th Anniversary of South Carolina Factory

Otis celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 500,000-ft2 Florence, South Carolina, factory, on November 1. Since starting production on November 1, 2012, the factory has gone from "having one machine...

Chicago Elevator Association Upcoming Events

The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) issued a reminder that its November meeting is planned on November 3 at 6:30 at Angelo’s, 247 North York Road, Elmhurst, Illinois. The guest speaker...

Teen Dies as a Result of Elevator Mishap in Mumbai

A 16-year-old girl sustained head injuries that resulted in her death in late October, the result of sticking her head through a glassless window of a lift door in the...

Plans Revealed for Singapore’s Tallest Tower

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) revealed in October the design of 8 Shenton Way, a 305 m-high tower that, once completed, will become not only Singapore's tallest building but one...

TKE Sustainability Expert to Participate in Conference Roundtable

TK Elevator (TKE) Senior Sustainability Manager Monica Miller Brown plans to participate in a roundtable discussion on embodied carbon in steel on November 3 at the Greenbuild International Conference +...

Athens Metro Extension Served by 93 Otis VT Units Completes

The Haidari-Piraeus Line 3 extension of the Athens Metro, a project of Attiko Metro S.A., served by 93 Otis vertical-transportation (VT) units, is complete, Railway-News and other outlets report. With...

In Memoriam: Rob Richmond

Robert “Rob” Richmond, an elevator mechanic for more than 35 years and a supervisor at Pride and Service Elevator, an American Elevator Group company with locations in NYC and Crawford,...

TKE Elevator Test Tower and IQC Honored by ENR Southeast

Engineering News-Record Southeast (ENR) recently honored TK Elevator's (TKE) 400-ft-tall elevator test tower and Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) at the Battery Atlanta with the Best Project/Engineering/Industrial Award. General contractor...

Otis to Modernize Seattle Space Needle Elevators

Otis President and CEO Judy Marks announced during Otis' recent third quarter 2022 earnings call that the OEM has been selected to modernize the three elevators serving the iconic Space...

MESA Meets in Norwood, Massachusetts

Approximately 20 members of the Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA) gathered at Jake n Joes Sports Grille in Norwood, Massachusetts, on October 11, 2022, for a meeting. National Elevator Industry,...

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Alvarado Named GM of MEGA Elevator U.S. Facilities

Otis Integrated Dispatch integrates autonomous service robots with Otis elevators; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Integrates Robot and Elevators in New Zealand

SCHINDLER EXPECTS U.S. TARIFFS TO COST MILLIONS

Schindler Expects U.S. Tariffs to Cost Millions

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Escalator Repair Begins in Ukraine

Ribbon cutting for the Ahmedabad warehouse; image courtesy of Wittur India

Wittur India’s Ahmedabad Warehouse Completes First Dispatch