International News
South Africa Airports Focus on Getting VT Up and Running
Airports in South Africa are focusing on getting vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — elevators, escalators and moving walks — up and running for the upcoming holidays after several factors resulted in...
TKE Celebrates 25 Years of VT Service at Israel Airport
TK Elevator (TKE) is celebrating 25 years of providing elevator service at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. TKE began servicing vertical-transportation (VT) equipment at the airport in 1997 and today...
Environmentally Friendly Foundation Laid for Warsaw Office Tower
CEMEX supplied low-emission Vertua® concrete for the recently completed foundation and parking facilities under The Bridge, a 174-m office tower designed by UNStudio and developed by Ghelamco at 71 Grzybowka...
Otis Names Connors to Its Worldwide BoD
Otis announced on October 24 it has named Nelda Connors to its worldwide Board of Directors (BoD), and she is joining the board's Audit and Compensation Committee. Currently CEO of...
Elevator Inaugurated as Part of Larger Project in India
Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Dibakar Nath inaugurated the newly installed elevator and conference-cum-community Hall at the Dhubri Kalibari premises in India on October 28, The Sentinel reports. The meeting was organized...
2022 SBS Lift Forum to be Held November 23
The 2022 edition of the SBS Lift Forum will take place online on November 23 and will revolve around the topic of special tools and special instructions for use, and...
Otis Celebrates 10th Anniversary of South Carolina Factory
Otis celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 500,000-ft2 Florence, South Carolina, factory, on November 1. Since starting production on November 1, 2012, the factory has gone from "having one machine...
Teen Dies as a Result of Elevator Mishap in Mumbai
A 16-year-old girl sustained head injuries that resulted in her death in late October, the result of sticking her head through a glassless window of a lift door in the...
Plans Revealed for Singapore’s Tallest Tower
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) revealed in October the design of 8 Shenton Way, a 305 m-high tower that, once completed, will become not only Singapore's tallest building but one...
Athens Metro Extension Served by 93 Otis VT Units Completes
The Haidari-Piraeus Line 3 extension of the Athens Metro, a project of Attiko Metro S.A., served by 93 Otis vertical-transportation (VT) units, is complete, Railway-News and other outlets report. With...
