Asia
Elevator Crash Among Other Recent India Accidents
A 20-year-old man was killed after an elevator crashed in a high-rise apartment building in Mumbai, India. Four men were in the glass elevator of a 24-floor building in Vikhroli...
KONE Plans for Number of Projects in India’s NCR
Finland-based KONE announced it is executing elevator projects worth up to Rs 250 crore (US$30.26 million) in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India, Devdiscourse reports. These elevator installation projects...
Nippon Otis Awarded Silver in PRIDE Index 2022
Nippon Otis Elevator Co., Ltd, headquartered in Tokyo, announced on December 22 it received the Silver award in the PRIDE Index 2022, which evaluates the efforts of companies in supporting...
Bengaluru Lift Accident Leaves One Dead, Four Injured
One person has died and four more were injured when an elevator collapsed from the fourth floor of a commercial building in the Peenya Industrial Area 4th Phase in Bengaluru,...
Investment Fund Calls for Shareholder Meeting for Fujitec
Japanese elevator maker Fujitec will hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting in February after a Hong Kong investment fund called for a vote to replace all of the company's outside directors,...
Frightening Hospital Elevator Mishap Captured on Video
A video posted on December 26 that has gone viral shows a hospital elevator descending with its doors open just as a man on a stretcher was wheeled inside, various...
Lifts, Escalators Part of Plan for New Indian Rail Stations
As construction continues approximately 20 m underground to prepare for tunnel boring machines (TBM) to clear a path for a new metro rail corridor in Patna, India, lifts and escalators...
Fujitec Deploying Smart Glasses for Elevators in Japan
Vuzix Corp. has announced that elevator manufacturer Fujitec is deploying the Vuzix M400 smart glasses in support of elevator maintenance and training for engineers in Japan, Mugglehead magazine reports. According...
CTBUH Invites Abstracts for “Humanizing High Density” Conference
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) issues an invitation to and invites abstracts for the international conference, “Humanizing High Density — People, Nature & the Urban Realm,”...
KONE India Supplier Recognized for Outstanding Performance
NBSL Elevator Components Co. Ltd. was recently honored by KONE India with a gold medal for supplier excellence. The award was presented this month by KONE India Head of Strategic...
