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Hyundai Elevator Smart Hall Button Product Wins Red Dot Design Award
Hyundai Elevator announced it has received the Winner award in the product category of the prestigious Red Dot Design Award 2025, the Korea IT Times reports. The company’s award-winning product is the...
77-Year-Old Dies After Falling on Escalator in India
A 77-year-old man succumbed to injuries after falling on an escalator at Pune Railway Station in Pune, India, Pune Pulse reported on April 11. The man was traveling to Nagpur with his...
Passengers Trapped in Failing Elevator in Indian Governmental Building
A few people were trapped in an elevator in the old collectorate government building in Margao, India, on April 9, bringing attention to governmental buildings’ failing elevators, The Times of India reports....
South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety To Conduct Elevator Safety Surveys
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety of South Korea announced on April 9 it will conduct a safety management survey of newly installed elevators until December, Chosun Biz reports. The survey...
Otis India To Supply 65 Elevators for Patna Metro
Otis India announced on April 10 it won a contract to install 65 Gen2® Nova elevators manufactured at its Bengaluru, India, factory for the Patna Metro project, the first in the...
Lift Accident With Injuries Sparks Safety Concerns in India
Three women were hospitalized following an elevator fall at an apartment complex in the Murad Nagar locality of Hyderabad, India, on April 6, outlets including Munsif Daily report. According to...
Metro Taipei Adjusts Escalators Speeds for Efficiency
Metro Taipei in Taiwan increased the speed of some escalators at high-traffic stations to improve efficiency, reports Taiwan News. The speed of 47 upward escalators at 29 major stations will...
Regional Winners of Otis’ Made to Move Communities Announced
Otis announced the four student teams that are the regional winners of its fifth year of the Made to Move Communities™ student challenge, each earning their school a US$20,000 grant....
Hitachi Elevator to Focus on Smart Building in China
Hitachi Elevator (China) Co. Ltd. will focus on developing the smart building business in China by accelerating its efforts in digitalization, intelligence and green initiatives, according to a senior company...
Otis Taiwan to Supply 65 VT Units for MRT Extension
Otis announced in March Otis Taiwan will supply 65 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 50 escalators and 15 Gen2® elevators — for the extension of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Red...
