International News

Otis Appoints Presidents for Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa

Otis Worldwide Corp. announces the appointment of Tracy Embree as president, Otis Americas and Enrique MiƱarro Viseras as president, Otis Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), reporting directly to Otis...

Three New Escalators for Busy Suburban Mumbai Station

The Mumbai Division of Central Railway (CR) plans to install three new escalators to ease passenger flow at the busy Mulund Station in suburban Mumbai, India, The Free Press Journal...

Opinion Piece Explains Challenges of Office-to-Residential Conversions

The Washington Times Editorial Board recently published an opinion piece titled ā€œJust Look at Why It’s So Hard To Turn Offices Into Homes.ā€ In it, the authors observe that most...

Delivery Robot Successfully Integrated With Japan Elevator

Shenzhen, China-based Pudu Robotics successfully conducted a project to test the cloud integration between its delivery robot "FlashBot" and elevators in collaboration with Nippon Otis Elevator Co. This is the...

TKE Introduces MAX HOME for S200 Stairlift

TK Elevator (TKE) announced the debut of the cloud-based, digital, predictive-maintenance solution MAX HOME for its S200 stairlift on September 26. The solution provides real-time notifications and diagnostics about the...

KONE Showcases Robot-Elevator Integration at Copenhagen Hotel

On LinkedIn, Finland-headquartered KONE recently showcased its digital solutions that enable a service robot at a Copenhagen, Denmark, hotel to autonomously call an elevator and move from one floor to...

British Safety Council Accepting 2024 Safety Award Applications

The British Safety Council, a charitable organization, is accepting applications for its 2024 International Safety Awards through February 9, 2024. Winners will be announced on March 11, 2024. Now in...

CECA Announces 2023 Scholarship Winners

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has announced the winners of the 2023 CECA Scholarships. Serin Cheun, daughter of Hee Cheun, of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, and Prabhjot Mann, daughter...

TÜV SÜD Showcases Digital Predictive-Maintenance Lift Service at Germany Event

TÜV SÜD will showcase its Lift Manager digital predictive-maintenance service leveraging TÜV SÜD's lift domain and digital expertise and Bosch.IO lift sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) platform to support...

Türkiye Maintained Its Second Place in ENR 250 with 40 Companies

Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine, an international construction industry publication, published the 2023 results of the "Top 250 International Contractors," which is based on the revenues generated by contractors from...

CLASS PROJECT TO TRANSFORM OHIO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING’S ELEVATORS

Class Project To Transform Ohio Residential Building’s Elevators

Ciel Tower; image Ā© NORR Group

CTBUH Best Tall Building MEA 2025 Is Dubai’s Ciel Tower

image via Facilities Management Journal

Stannah Welcomes New Generation of Apprentices

Centris Towers; image courtesy of Studio Vertebra Architects

Otis Uzbekistan Distributor Secures 35-Unit Contract

LATEST KARACHI ELEVATOR ACCIDENT POINTS TO LARGER ISSUE

Latest Karachi Elevator Accident Points to Larger Issue