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Lift & Escalator Symposium Issues First Call for Papers

Organizers of the 16th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies, planned on September 24-25, 2025, at the Kettering Park Hotel & Spa in Kettering, U.K., have issued a first call for...

IAEC Forum 2025 Set for Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans

The International Association of Elevator Consultants (IAEC) is delighted to announce the IAEC Forum 2025 is set to take place at the historic Hotel Monteleone in the heart of the New Orleans...

Access BDD Holds 2024 Annual Conference

Access BDD, one of the U.K.’s leading suppliers of stairlifts, platform lifts and home lifts, recently held its annual conference in Manchester. Employees from all over Europe attended the three-day...

MESA Meets and Donates to Boston Food Bank

The Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA) met at Jake N Joes in Norwood, Massachusetts, on November 25 and donated to the Boston Food Bank. More than 32 MESA members contributed...

KONE Contract at Saudi Arabia’s KFIA Includes 86 Units

KONE has won an order to provide a suite of transportation solutions for the modernization of King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, also known as Dammam International...

Elevator Incident in Hyderabad Apartment Building

A serious incident involving a lift crash occurred on November 24 at an apartment building in Chandulal Baradari, located in Hyderabad’s Old City in India, The Munsif Daily reports. Six...

Rainfall in Singapore Causes Elevator Issues

A Housing & Development Board (HDB) block in Tampines, Singapore, lost both its lifts after heavy rain November 22, MS News reports. The heavy rain caused the floor traps at...

Gelestino Joins Molloy University’s President’s Advisory Council

Champion Elevator Corp. President and CEO Don Gelestino has been appointed to Molloy University's prestigious President's Advisory Council. As a respected leader and advocate for education and community growth, Gelestino...

ECNY Annual Meeting and Holiday Party This Week

Open exclusively to Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) members, the ECNY Annual Meeting and Holiday Party is planned on December 5 at Villa Barone Manor, 737 Throngs Neck Expressway,...

Pias Peleteiro Appointed to Top TÜV SÜD Management Team

Paula Pias Peleteiro has been appointed to the top management team of TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH. She will assume responsibility for the business areas of plant safety, energy and...

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

Wittur India’s Ahmedabad Warehouse Completes First Dispatch

Barcelona skyline, including the famous Sagrada Família basilica designed by Antoni Gaudí; photo by jarmoluk for Pixabay

Historic Spain and Portugal Power Outage Affects Elevators

Images courtesy of the Gale family

In Memoriam: Pat Falk Gale

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Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Ireland’s Ascension Lifts

Thea Bowman House at the DeSales Center; image courtesy of theabowmanhouse.org

Elevator Completed at Child Care Center in NY