South America

Ray Miller Joins IPH Wire Rope To Oversee NA Efforts

Ray Miller recently joined IPH Wire Rope, a leading manufacturer of steel cables for the elevator industry based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this role, Miller will oversee IPH’s North...

Wago Names Stevens VP of Marketing and Digitalization, Americas

Wisconsin-headquartered WAGO, which offers products including connection components, electronics and automation technology for elevators, recently named Sy Stevens as vice president (VP) of marketing and digitalization for the Americas. Stevens...

U.K.’s Invertek Provides Smooth and Safe Transit in Brazil With Specialized VFD

Invertek Drives Ltd, based in Welshpool, Wales, U.K., provided its Optidrive elevator variable frequency drive (VFD) to a new panoramic lift at the Municipal Astronomical Park in Criciúma, Brazil. Reaching...

Schindler Elevator System for Brazil’s Tallest Twin Towers

On February 12, Schindler highlighted a major project in Brazil that marked several firsts for the elevator company, the country and the client. Completed in 2022, YACHTHOUSE by Pininfarina on...

Otis Brazil Completes One of Largest Modernization in Its History

Otis Brazil announced on January 11 it completed the modernization of 13 elevators at the iconic Birmann 21 building in São Paulo, Brazil, described by Otis Sales and Marketing Director...

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...

Otis Brazil Selected for Elevador Lacerda Modernization

Otis Brazil has been selected to modernize all four elevators at the historic Elevador Lacerda in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Elevador Lacerda is a public elevator and tourist attraction that carries...

119 Exhibitors From 13 Difference Countries Expected at GEE in Milan

Organizers of the inaugural Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE) on November 15-17 at Fiera Milano (Rho) in Milan, Italy, expect to welcome 119 exhibitors from 13 different countries — including Türkiye,...

MAD’s First South American Building To Be Tallest in Quito

Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed visuals of Qondesa, a skyscraper for Ecuador’s capital Quito, reports dezeen. The mixed-use tower would be taller than Danish studio BIG’s nearby 133-m-tall IQON...

Passengers Injured in Brazil Elevator Incident

At least three people were injured in an elevator incident in Mangabeiras, Maceió, Brazil, the Daily Mail reports. On March 19, 11 passengers crammed into an elevator that had a...

Dubai; photo by GizmoPhotography for Pixabay

Luxury Residential Demand Soars in Dubai

GHMC TO FLOAT TENDERS FOR FOB MAINTENANCE

GHMC To Float Tenders for FOB Maintenance

SHORTS INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES TRADE PARTNERSHIP WITH BERNSTEIN LTD.

Shorts Industries Announces Trade Partnership With Bernstein Ltd.

(l-r) Dr. Ahmed Shalaby, co-founder, president and CEO of Tatweer Misr and João Penedo, Otis senior vice president for Iberia, Africa and the Middle East, during the signing of the agreement; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Partners With Tatweer Misr for Six Projects in Egypt

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada