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Three Indian Bus Stations Facing Elevator Issues
Elevator service at the Rayapur Hubali-Dharwad BRTS (HD BRTS) bus station between Hubballi and Dharward in India has been stopped, The Times of India reports. There are six foot overbridges...
Uttar Pradesh CM: Lift and Escalator Safety Law To Be Enacted
Yogi Adityanath, chief minister (CM) of the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in northern India, said his government will enact the UP Lifts and Escalators Act, a “first-ever” law that...
Elderly Man Dies in Lift Mishap in India on New Year’s Day
A 78-year-old man visiting a marriage hall in the Mylapore neighborhood in central Chennai, India, died instantly on New Year's Day when a lift hit him in the head, the...
Arrests Made After India Elevator Fall
Five people, including employees of a co-working space provider, have been arrested for alleged negligence that led to a lift crash which resulted in injuries to nine staffers of an...
Fatal Elevator Accident Prompts Investigation in Malaysia
A 28-year-old man died on December 26 while working on an elevator at a shopping center in George Town on the Malaysian island of Penang, Free Malaysia Today reports, prompting...
KONE Elevator India Opens Office in Warangal
KONE Elevator India is further strengthening its position as a leader in innovation and safety in the industry, in the youngest state of India, by setting up a new office...
Japan’s Fujitec Strategizes To Improve 2024 Profitability
Japan's Fujitec Co., Ltd. said it aims to improve profitability for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, through "sales strategies tailored to [individual] market characteristics and cost reforms based...
One Killed When Elevator Cable Snaps in New Delhi
A 50-year-old worker died on December 25 when an elevator cable at an under-renovation factory in New Delhi, India, snapped and the unit fell from the first floor to the...
India’s Infra Elevators Moves Into Escalator Market
Kochi, India-based elevator manufacturing company Infra Elevators hopes to strengthen its presence in the escalator segment, given the encouraging response it has received from shopping malls in C towns, The...
KONE India To Manufacture Escalators
KONE Elevator India will start manufacturing escalators at its Sriperumbudur plant in India from the first half of 2024 as part of its expansion program and will be the only...
