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TEI Group Promotes Parrino to Service Manager

Long Island City, New York-headquartered TEI Group has promoted Joe Parrino from service manager for the greater NYC area to overall service manager. Parrino, who recently celebrated his 19th anniversary...

Alimak Group Names Nylund Chief Communications Officer

Alimak Group, the Stockholm, Sweden-based rack-and-pinion construction hoist specialist, has named Johnny Nylund chief communications officer, effective January 9. Nylund joins Alimak from Sweco, Europe's leading architecture and engineering company....

Tallest Building in EU Warsaw’s Varso Tower Completes

Varso Tower, designed by U.K.-based Foster + Partners for developer HB Reavis in the city center of Warsaw, Poland, is complete, outlets including Architects' Journal report. At 310 m and...

Plan for Vancouver Suburb Includes Three Tall Towers

Bucci Developments’ plan for a transit-oriented development (TOD) next to the upcoming Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension in the Vancouver, Canada, suburb of Surrey has been downsized from the 40-, 44- and...

One of New Zealand’s Longest Escalators Part of New CRL Station

Matt L., a contributor to GreaterAuckland.org, said he recently toured the under-construction City Rail Link (CRL) Karanga-a-hape station in Auckland, New Zealand, and was impressed by its size and vertical-transportation...

Supertall 50 Hudson Yards With TKE VT Completes in NYC

The 78-story, 1,011-ft-tall 50 Hudson Yards, designed by U.K.-based Foster + Partners, is now complete in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, dezeen is among outlets to report. The official vertical-transportation provider for...

Jay Dietz Assume CEO Role at Vantage

After spending 32 years with KONE in roles including sales and field operations for new elevator equipment, modernization and service, Jay Dietz recently became CEO at Vantage Elevator Solutions, headquartered...

Pensacola Airport: Elevators, Escalators Running Again

The director of the Pensacola International Airport in Pensacola, Florida, says both the facility’s escalators and five elevators are up and running again, WEAR News reports. The announcement comes a...

25-Story Mass Timber Residential Tower Pitched in Vancouver

Developer Westbank has submitted a rezoning application to officials in Vancouver, Canada, that would allow construction of “Prototype,” a 25-story mass timber tower designed by Henriquez Partners Architects that would...

43-Story Apartment Tower Rising in Downtown Austin

High Street Residential, MSD Partners and River Street Partners say construction has begun on the 43-story, 500-ft-tall 700 River at River and Rainey streets on the southeastern edge of downtown...

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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