South Korea

Hyundai Choir of Disabled People Wins Silver Prize at National Competition

The Hyundai Elevator Choir of Disabled People won a prize at a national-level competition, The Korea Times reports. The choir is comprised of disabled employees from the company and received the silver...

Hyundai Elevator Aspires Toward “Vision 2030” Goals

On the heels of celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024 and relocating its headquarters to Chungju Smart Campus in 2022, South Korea-based Hyundai Elevator has its eye on becoming one...

Korea Report Shows VT Accidents Increasing For Senior Citizens

A report by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) shows the annual number of accidents involving senior citizens on automated transportation, including vertical transportation (VT), has been increasing since 2020, The Korea...

Hyundai Elevator Offers Free Inspections for 10-Plus-Year-Old Elevators in Korea

Hyundai Elevator recently announced it will provide free services to elevators more than 10 years old installed in Korea regardless of manufacturer, Maeil Business Newspaper reports. Hyundai Elevator will mobilize high-tech inspection...

TKE Korea Again Named to Top of Korea Quality Index

TK Elevator (TKE) Korea has been named to the "2024 Korea Quality Satisfaction Index (KS-QEI)” and has been ranked No. 1 in the elevator category for three consecutive years, Maeil Business...

Otis Korea Completes Two Major Modernizations in Seoul

Otis Elevator Korea announced on October 7 it completed two major elevator modernizations in Seoul, South Korea: The 45-story Gangnam Financial Center (GFC) and the 30-story Seoul Finance Center, both...

Hyundai Elevator Turns Away from Chinese Escalator Imports

With K-Escalator, its new joint venture (JV) with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), opening in September in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's Hyundai Elevator is reducing its reliance on escalators and...

Plan to Expand and Diversify Seoul Bank Part of Larger Trend

Woori Bank's plan to transform its circa 1950 Euljiro branch in Seoul, South Korea, which closed in July, from a five-story mid-rise into a 19-story high-rise with seven underground levels...

GS E&C in Talks to Sell Stake in GS Elevator

GS E&C is considering unloading control of some of its subsidiaries following its KRW388 billion (US$287 million) operating loss in 2023 — its first annual operating loss in 10 years...

Hyundai Elevator, Kakao Mobility Join Forces on Elevator-Robot Integration Initiative

South Korea's Hyundai Elevator Co. announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kakao Mobility Corp. to develop standards for integrating elevators and robots, outlets including The Korea...

222 Broadway; photo © John W. Cahill for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

TEI Group Repositions Elevators for Major NYC Conversion

ARCHI-TREAD RELOCATING FROM N.J. TO FLORIDA

Archi-Tread Relocating From N.J. to Florida

Entrance to the Victoria Building, which was built in 1945; photo by SnowyBadger for Wikipedia

Halifax Hospital to Get Elevator Replacement, Upgrades

Stationslift Storingen, a website for reporting broken elevators, was created in response to the structural problem by wheelchair user Kasrt Lovers; image courtesy of X.

Out-of-Order Lifts at Dutch Train Stations Leave Wheelchair Users Stranded

FUJITEC EXPLAINS NEW STRATEGY CENTERED AROUND DIGITAL TWIN CONCEPT

Fujitec Explains New Strategy Centered Around Digital Twin Concept