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EW U.S. Offices Closed for Labor Day

The U.S. offices of Elevator World, Inc., will be closed for the U.S. Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 2. They will reopen on Tuesday, September 3.

KONE Agrees to Acquire Sacramento-Based Capitol Elevator

KONE announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sacramento, California-based Capitol Elevator, a family-owned and -operated business that has been in the elevator industry for more than 50...

Nidec India Dispatches First “Made in India” Elevator Machine

Nidec Industrial Automation India Pvt. Ltd. recently celebrated successfully dispatching its first assembled "Made in India" elevator machine from its Phase 1 facility in Gamanagatti, Hubli, India. The 215-kg gearless...

CECA Elle-evator Women’s Group Virtual Meeting Planned

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association’s (CECA) Elle-evator women’s group plans to hold a virtual meeting on September 10 at noon EST. At this meeting, Elle-evator Chair Deneen McIvor of Elevator...

Witham Named Branch Manager at Authorized Elevator

Dustin Witham has been named branch manager at Authorized Elevator, a St. Louis-based elevator service company that employs experienced technicians from the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 3 in...

ATIS Makes Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies List

St. Louis-headquartered ATIS, providing vertical-transportation (VT) consulting, management and inspection services across North America, has made the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately held companies in America. Companies on...

Otis India Expanding Bengaluru Manufacturing Capabilities

Otis India announced on August 28 it is expanding the capacity and capabilities of its Bengaluru manufacturing facility. The expansion will help Otis India meet growing demand for elevators and...

Ryan Ellis, Southern Elevator Spotlight Suicide Prevention Month

Ryan Ellis and the Southern Elevator Co. have joined forces to raise awareness for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, which begins one day after the green flag drops at Darlington...

Small Alaskan City Welcomes Its First Escalator

Sitka, a small city in southeastern Alaska, is welcoming its first escalator with a new unit being installed on August 26 at the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, KCAW reports. The...

Elevator Digital Media Forum to be Held in Vietnam

MMA Global, Chicilon Media and Kantar Media will host "Leading the New Era of Advertising: Building Elevator Digital Media," a forum on trends and insights in elevator digital media, in...

Alvarado

Alvarado Named GM of MEGA Elevator U.S. Facilities

Otis Integrated Dispatch integrates autonomous service robots with Otis elevators; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Integrates Robot and Elevators in New Zealand

SCHINDLER EXPECTS U.S. TARIFFS TO COST MILLIONS

Schindler Expects U.S. Tariffs to Cost Millions

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Escalator Repair Begins in Ukraine

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

Wittur India’s Ahmedabad Warehouse Completes First Dispatch