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Fujitec Approved as Good Corporation for Healthy Management

For the third consecutive year, Shiga, Japan-headquartered Fujitec Co., Ltd. has been approved as a Good Corporation for Healthy Management by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the...

MEBS to Launch Control Renewal Menu for Elevators by Other Manufacturers

Tokyo, Japan-headquartered Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions (MEBS) will launch a new control renewal menu on March 19 for elevators manufactured by other companies and installed in existing buildings. By developing...

Fujitec Completes New Wisdom Square VT Evaluation Facility in Japan

Fujitec Co., Ltd. announced on March 3 completion of its new quality lab, Wisdom Square, at company headquarters in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The 1,000-m2 facility is equipped with various...

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens Two Offices

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co. Ltd. announced that it opened service offices in Wakayama and Fukuyama, Japan, on February 1 for the purpose of strengthening services to its customers, MarketScreener reports. These...

Fujitec Global Field Technical Training Held in Tokyo

Fujitec's global companies gathered in Tokyo and participated in the first Global Field Technical Training in October 2024. This training was conducted to help the participants be good mentors by...

Online Discussion Held As Part of Fujitec WheeLog Sponsorship

On December 7, 2024, the nonprofit WheeLog organization and Fujitec’s Technology Research Department, which conducts technological research on elevators, hosted an online discussion called “The Wheelchair Users X Fujitec Staff's...

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens New Regional Head Office

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co., Ltd. opened a new regional head office, in Kita Shinetsu, in Nagano, Japan, on January 1, 2025, the Business Insider reports. The company aims to enhance its...

Mongolia School To Get Elevator Thanks to Grant

A secondary school in the Bayanzurkh district of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, will get an elevator under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects of the Government of...

Fujitec’s Japanese Escalator Facility Receives Award

Masayoshi Harada, CEO of Fujitec Co., Ltd., announced on December 24 that Fujitec's Big Step escalator R&D and manufacturing facility in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, received a Factory Management Award in...

Fujitec to Launch New Standard Elevator Model in Spring 2025

Masayoshi Harada, CEO of Japan-based Fujitec Co., Ltd., announced the company will launch a new standard elevator model, Ele Glance, in spring 2025. A successor to Fujitec’s XIOR standard elevator...

SOUTHERN ELEVATOR AGAIN PARTNERS WITH ELLIS FOR THREE RACES

Southern Elevator Again Partners With Ellis for Three Races

FUJITEC APPROVED AS GOOD CORPORATION FOR HEALTHY MANAGEMENT

Fujitec Approved as Good Corporation for Healthy Management

The Schindler R.I.S.E system; image © Schindler

Schindler R.I.S.E Used on First-Ever U.K. Project

The modernized escalators; image courtesy of Forte

Forte Completes Yankee Stadium Escalator Replacement

Designs over the elevator doors and entrances show both Art Deco and Classical Revival touches; image courtesy of Pittsfield Apartments.

Historic Chicago Office Tower Eyed for Conversion