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Elevator Safety Run Sets Record at SLM World 2024

On the second day of Smart Lift & Mobility (SLM) World 2024, organizers achieved a monumental milestone with the Elevator Safety Run with more than 1,500 people joining the event,...

PAPL, Ardelisys Launch IoT-Based Elevator Monitoring System at SLM World in India

On March 2 during Smart Lift & Mobility World 2024 in Bangalore, India, PAPL Corp., in partnership with Ardelisys Technologies Pvt. Ltd., announced the launch of K A L A,...

KONE India Delivers First Escalator From Sriperumbudur

KONE Elevators India (KONE India) has delivered the first escalator manufactured at its Sriperumbudur facility to Pune-based F5 Realtors, outlets including BNN report. The delivery signifies the company's commitment to...

South Korea’s Sigma Elevator Launches New Elevators for Low- to Mid-Rise Buildings

Sigma Elevator Co., with global headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, announced on March 6 the launch of the ACRATM 2.0 and Solon® 2.0 elevators for low- to mid-rise buildings. ACRA...

“Cities in the Sky: The Quest To Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers” To Publish in May

Rutgers University Professor Jason M. Barr tells ELEVATOR WORLD his new book, “Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers,” will be published by Scribner Books...

Two Elevators in the Works at Temple in South India

Preliminary work has begun to make way for a pair of elevators to enhance accessibility at Swamimalai temple near Kumbakonam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, The Hindu...

Smart Lift Indonesia 2024 To Take Place March 6-8

Smart Lift Indonesia, the country’s only event dedicated to elevators, escalators, moving walkways and components, will take place on March 6-8 at Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia. Arkel...

CR Mumbai Achieves Zero Deaths at “Once-Notorious” Rail Crossing

New escalators at a "once-notorious" crossing gate at a key railway junction in India’s Maharashtra state are among safety measures that helped Central Railways' (CR) Mumbai division achieve zero fatalities...

MJEE To Provide 55 VT Units to New Indonesia Captial

PT Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator (MJEE), the Indonesian division of Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corp., has been selected to provide 55 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 33 elevators and 22...

TEI AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ELEVATORS AT BROOKLYN AMBULATORY HUB

TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub

Sara Marta, a refugee from Luanda, Angola, was hired in 2023 as an electromechanical assembler; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions’ Mankato, Minnesota, manufacturing facility; image courtesy of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ

Aull

Wittur Names Aull New CEO

(l-r) Legends Tower and the Boardwalk at Bricktown, designed by AO; image via the Robb Report

Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing