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Nidec Drives Appoints Babaud as President

Nidec Drives, with global headquarters (HQ) in Kyoto, Japan, and Americas HQ in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, recently announced it appointed Laurent Babaud as president. Based in Bois-Colombes, France, Babaud has...

Ozarks Firefighters Receive Elevator Rescue Training

Firefighters from several agencies in the Ozarks, including the Logan-Rogersville Fire Protection District in Rogersville, Missouri, spent the week at district headquarters learning how to rescue entrapped people from elevators, KY3 reported...

EWI Contributor Receives FSAI Appointment

The Fire and Security Association of India (FSAI), shared in a LinkedIn post, “We’re proud to announce the appointment of Rajnikant Lad as chairman – Building Transportation Safety, at FSAI....

Register Now for ELEVCON 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal

Organizers urge those who plan to attend ELEVCON 2025, the 24th International Congress on Vertical-Transportation (VT) Technologies, on June 17-19 at the Altis Grand Hotel Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal, to register now. Presented...

Mayr Hosts Event at Germany HQ and Opens Spanish Subsidiary

Mayr GmbH + Co. KG hosted representatives from more than 30 countries in early April at its Mauerstetten, Germany, headquarters (HQ) to learn more about its new technologies, products and...

Plans Revealed for West End Tower Update

KPF has unveiled plans for 33 Cavendish Square, a 21-story office and retail tower next to Oxford Circus and one of the tallest buildings in London’s West End in the...

13th Annual U.K. Tomorrow’s Engineers Week Announced

EngineeringUK has announced dates for its national campaign, Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, which celebrates and showcases careers in engineering and technology. The campaign, in its 13th year, will take place between November...

Stannah Completes Eden Court Residential Project

Stannah Lifts recently completed the work of transforming eight-person passenger lifts for the residents of 84-apartment Eden Court in Lillington, Leamington Spa, in Warwickshire, U.K., Local Authority Building & Maintenance reports. The...

ECNY to Host Audio-Visual Communication Seminar

The Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) will be hosting a seminar focused on current audio-visual communication code requirements on May 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the Villa Barone Manger...

Elevator Shaft Work Confirmed After Bangkok Tower Collapse

Thailand’s State Audit Office (SAO) clarified in a statement that elevator shaft wall modification work at its 30-story, under-construction tower in Bangkok was in full compliance with regulations in the...

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

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In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

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Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus