International News
KONE Scouting for Small Services Companies
Finland-based KONE Corp. is scouting for acquisitions of small services companies across the world, KONE Global President and CEO Philippe Delorme told reporters while participating in KONE India’s 40th anniversary...
Otis Hong Kong Awarded Outstanding Elevator Business Award
Otis Hong Kong was awarded the "Outstanding Elevator Business Award" at the prestigious 01 Gold Medal Awards 2023. This award recognizes Otis' achievements in promoting innovations in vertical transportation and...
Nippon Otis Pilot Project Integrates Service Robot With Elevator for Mail Delivery
Nippon Otis Elevator Co., in collaboration with robotics provider FIG Corp., has integrated a service robot with an existing Otis Gen2® Prestige elevator as part of a pilot project at...
Liftinstituut Presents Certificate of Compliance to Hydronic Lift
Liftinstituut recently presented Italy’s Hydronic Lift S.p.A with a Certificate of Compliance according to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A17.1-2019/CSA B44-19 for its hydraulic buffer. ISO 17025-calibrated measurement devices...
Invertek Celebrates Three-Millionth VFD Production
Welshpool, U.K.-based Invertek Drives Ltd., a global innovator and manufacturer of variable frequency drive (VFD) technology, recently celebrated producing its three-millionth VFD, which are designed and manufactured at the company’s...
Liftinstituut Hosting Webinar on New Machinery Regulation
Liftinstituut is hosting a webinar titled Transition to the New Machinery Regulation - Spring 2024 on April 25 and May 16. The webinar will be hosted by certification specialists Willem...
KONE Wins Order for Panda Tower in Chengdu, China
KONE Corp. has won an order to supply a suite of vertical-transportation solutions for the new 489-m-high mixed-use Panda Tower (officially Chengdu Tianfu Supertall) in Chengdu, Western China. Towering to...
Cambridge Elevating Announces Change in Ownership
Canada-based provider of residential elevator solutions Cambridge Elevating announced in April that its senior leadership team, including Jamie Hamilton, president; Josh Bruce, vice president (VP) of Operations; and Richard Wright,...
280-M Shanghai Tower Completed
Ole Scheeren has completed the first of two towers for the Axiom development in The Springs in the center of the Yangpu district in Shanghai, China, Building Design reports. The...
Schmersal Group Restructures Service Division
K.A. Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG (Schmersal Group), headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany, has restructured its service business, which is expected to result in great development potential in light of growing...
