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LEEA Awards Nomination Portal Now Open

As a way to reward members who have done the most to raise standards, the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) gives out the LEEA Awards annually in 11 distinct categories....

Mitsubishi Electric U.S. E&E Division Opens Miami Office

The elevator and escalator (E&E) division of Mitsubishi Electric U.S., Inc., headquartered in Cypress, California, has opened a Miami office, the company announced on March 29. Miami has the third-tallest...

Historic Tower’s Elevators Prompt Arguments in NYC

A more-than-80-year-old, 59-story office building in NYC is experiencing repeated problems, numerous sources, including Goad News, reported in late March. The City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building towers in the Financial...

Macau Government Nixes VT Maintenance Insurance Requirement

Just two days after implementing a requirement that those maintaining vertical transportation (VT) buy civil liability insurance, a parliamentary committee of the Government of Macau removed it from the proposed...

Sheridan Lifts Wins Three-Year Maintenance Contract

The U.K.’s Sheridan Lifts recently announced on LinkedIn that, following a public tendering exercise, the company has been awarded the lift contract for Blackburn & Darwen Council. This is a...

Nominations Now Being Accepted for EW’s People Issue

The ELEVATOR WORLD June 2022 issue will once again highlight the people who help shape our great industry with The People Issue. Over the last four years, The People Issue...

Inclined Elevator in Store for Coastal Alabama City

City leaders in Fairhope, Alabama, just to the east across Mobile Bay from ELEVATOR WORLD global headquarters in Mobile, Alabama, plan to vote in April on waterfront improvement plans that...

CabSafe Passenger-Detection System Certified by Liftinstituut

In light of updated North American elevator code incorporating a requirement that approaching passengers be detected, Swiss sensor company CEDES developed its CabSafeTM system, which was recently certified by third-party...

Schindler India Launches Media Network Ads in India

Schindler India has partnered with Adonmo, a Hyderabad, India, ad-tech company to launch Schindler Media Network, a platform for advertising inside elevators in residential and office buildings, campaign India reports....

Backed by Carroll Capital, ESI Acquires Toledo Elevator

Elevator Service LLC (ESI), a leading Midwest elevator service provider headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has acquired Toledo Elevator & Machine Co., Inc., the largest independent elevator service provider in...

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

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

Armas

Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus