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Otis 2Q Earnings Reflect Strengths and Challenges

Otis's 2nd Quarter (2Q) earnings reflect strengths, including a robust and growing service business and challenges such as a weak new installation market, particularly in China. The company's earnings per...

TÜV SÜD To Consolidate Two Divisions

TÜV SÜD, one of the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification providers with global headquarters in Munich, Germany, announced on July 23 it is consolidating its Industry Service and Real...

Prague Public Transport Finishes Lift Installation

Prague Public Transport finished installing a new elevator at the Radlická metro station in Prague, Czech Republic, which was made accessible on July 23, Prague Daily News reports. After approximately 10 months...

Innocore Pro Completes Manhattan Job, Announces Move

Innocore Pro Elevator, Inc. tells ELEVATOR WORLD it recently completed a job on the west side of Midtown Manhattan, NY, near Hudson Yards and also moved. The recently completed job...

Prysmian Welcomes New Distribution Warehouse in Canada

Prysmian announced on July 23 it opened a new 25,000-ft2 distribution warehouse just steps from its Prysmian Draka EHC escalator manufacturing plant in Oshawa, Canada. Richard Parvesse, senior vice president of...

Stannah Charity Abseil Raises Funds for Lift Industry Charity

On July 19, a group of dedicated Stannah employees took on the exhilarating challenge of abseiling (rappelling) down the iconic Northampton Lift Tower in Northampton, U.K., raising funds for the...

Cardinal Elevator Expands Into Kansas City

Cardinal Elevator, headquartered in the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area, announced this month it is expanding into the Kansas City, Missouri, market as part of its continued growth and commitment...

In Memoriam: Stephan Kretzschmar

Stephan Kretzschmar, sales manager at LM Liftmaterial GmbH, died in a plane crash on July 5 together with his 33-year-old son and his son's partner, LIFTjournal reports. He was voted to the...

KONE Celebrates Completing 2,106 Elevator Modernizations in China

This month, KONE celebrated completing modernization of 2,106 elevators in Kunshan, China, in only eight months. As part of a city-led initiative, KONE secured 96% of the total number of...

Hines Proposes San Francisco Supertall That Would Be West Coast’s Tallest

Texas-based developer Hines has submitted plans for 77 Beale Street, a 1,225-ft supertall on the former campus of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in San Francisco, dezeen reports. Incorporating 1.6 million ft2 of...

Rendering of the outdoor elevator; image via The Japan News

Japan Castle To Get Outdoor Elevator

Inside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport; photo by Robert Polidori for SOM

Lack of Adequate VT Sparks Concern in Mumbai, India

The Alpha Matar team; image courtesy of Alpha Matar

Alpha Matar Signs Cooperation Protocol With Sunrise Hotels Group

Images courtesy of KONE

KONE Celebrates 115th Anniversary

SDSU PARKING ELEVATORS OPERATING WITH EXPIRED PERMITS

SDSU Parking Elevators Operating With Expired Permits