International News
Three New Flyovers With Escalators Being Constructed in India
Three new flyovers with escalator systems are being constructed to ease traffic congestion and to provide safe road crossing for pedestrians at East Fort in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, On Manorama reports. The...
90-Year-Old Woman Dies After Falling on Escalator in U.K.
A 90-year-old woman died from complications after falling on an escalator inside a busy shopping center in Swansea, Wales, U.K., the Express reported on August 6. The woman suffered lacerations...
Shorts Hosts Third Annual Langer & Laumann Roadshow Tour
U.K.-based Shorts took to the road for the third consecutive year with its Langer & Laumann Roadshow Tour. This event continues to provide lift professionals with an opportunity to deepen...
Nippon Otis Modernizes Elevator at Major Japan Dam
Nippon Otis overcame challenging conditions to successfully modernize the elevator at Kurobe River Fourth Power Plant of Kurobe Dam, one of Japan's largest dams, Otis announced in July. The plant...
TKE and Alat Successfully Close KSA Partnership and JV
TK Elevator (TKE), headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Alat, a Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), successfully closed a strategic partnership investment and EUR160-million (US$184.6-million) joint venture (JV), TKE announced on...
76 Otis Elevators for Sobha’s Six-Tower Dubai Project
Otis announced on August 4 it will install 76 elevators for Sobha Realty at its Riverside Crescent development in Sobha Hartland II in Dubai. In the development's first phase, Riverside...
Royal Crescent Steps Close Again for New Elevator Shaft Pit Preparations
A set of The Royal Crescent steps in Madeira Terrace in Brighton, England, U.K., have closed for a third time as the next phase of building work and elevator installation...
India’s Techno Industries Secures Major MRVC Contract
Techno Industries Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Lloyds Engineering Works Lt., a company that focuses on industrial products including vertical-transportation equipment, secured a ₹19.50 crore (US$2.2 million) escalator contract with...
VM Elevators Secures London Stadium VT Maintenance Contract
VM Elevators Ltd., a London, U.K.-based premium and independent lift and escalator services provider, tells ELEVATOR WORLD that it has been awarded the lift and escalator maintenance contract at the...
PALM Lift Day
Association hosts conference with a full agenda. by Tadeusz Popielas The Polish Association of Lift Manufacturers (PALM) hosted Lift Day on May 23 at the Warsaw Presidential Hotel in Warsaw,...
