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West Hollywood Parking Structure to Get Updated Elevator

The City of West Hollywood in California will begin an elevator modernization project at the West Hollywood Park 5-Story Parking Structure located at 625 North San Vicente Boulevard in December,...

Key India Rail Hub Opens Escalators and New Booking Office

Newly constructed booking office and escalators at the second entrance of Kottayam Railway Station in India were inaugurated and opened to the public on November 12 by the Union Minister...

Huasheng Fujitec Elevator Wins NY Product Design Award

HUASHENG FUJITEC Elevator Co., Ltd., the Shanghai-based production arm of Fujitec, received the Silver Winner Award for the DF-f destination floor registration unit in the 2024 NY Product Design Awards,...

Ontario Office-to-Residential Conversion Act Voted Down

The Ford Government of Ontario, Canada, voted down the Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Act 2024, which would have cut red tape and sped up such conversions by up to two years as...

Atis Expands Footprint in Vermont Through Acquisition

ATIS has acquired the assets of Vermont Elevator Inspection Services (VEIS), according to Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, Morningstar reports. Founded...

Schindler Lifts Australia Promotes Montresor to MD

Schindler Lifts Australia has promoted Stefano Montresor to managing director (MD) of Schindler Lifts Australia, where he had a 14-year-long career in various positions. In 2010, Montresor joined the company...

Stannah Wins Network Rail Lift and Escalator Service Contract

Stannah, headquartered in Andover, U.K., announced it signed a new, potentially GBP50-million (US$63.7-million) five-year contract with Network Rail to service its lifts and escalators. Significantly, the contract includes escalator maintenance...

LeCardi Named Metro Elevator VP of Modernization

James LeCardi was recently named vice president (VP) of Modernization at Metro Elevator. Based in the NYC metropolitan area, LeCardi joins Metro Elevator from Schindler, where he held roles including...

Schindler To Provide Elevators For Cairo NAC Project

Cairo, Egypt-based MGB Developments announced on November 11 it has inked an agreement with Schindler to provide elevators for the new PUKKA residential project in Cairo's New Administrative Capital (NAC)....

Bucher Hydraulics Acquiring Finland’s Hydman Oy

Bucher Hydraulics, the Germany-based global provider of innovative hydraulic drive and control technology for applications including elevators, announced on November 13 it is acquiring Hydman Oy, based in Tampere, Finland....

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