International News
TKE Egypt Provides 56 Elevators To New Alamein City Towers
TK Elevator (TKE) Egypt tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a total of 56 meta200 elevators to eight towers in the Alamein Downtown Towers project in New Alamein City in northwest...
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...
PEW Electrical Partners With XPO Screens for Lift Media Screens
Essex, U.K.-based PEW Electrical Distributors and Netherlands-based XPO Screens have partnered to introduce innovative lift media screen solutions to the U.K. lift market. XPO Screens delivers high quality, interactive lift...
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...
Inaugural Lift Expo Uzbekistan Planned in Tashkent on June 5-7
The inaugural Lift Expo Uzbekistan is planned at the Uz Expo Centre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on June 5-7. Aligned with the government’s international economic integration goals, the sole exhibition for...
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...
Türkiye Construction Incident Results in Death
A 33-year-old elevator installer working at a construction site in the Yıldırım Beyazıt neighborhood, Yetim Street in the Çerkezköy district in Tekirdağ, a city on the north coast of Türkiye,...
Elevators Key To Energy-Reduction Efforts
Elevators and escalators can consume up to 15% of a building’s power, representing a significant opportunity for reducing energy consumption through energy-efficient upgrades, Propmodo reports. Technologies like gearless drives, regenerative...
