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Gossain Speaks With ET On Cost Increases And More
In a report by The Economic Times (ET), Amit Gossain, managing director, KONE Elevators India, said that “the increase in commodity prices is one of the biggest challenges today that the industry...
Central Railway Plans 2022 Improvements In India
With 2021 including the addition of 86 elevators and 125 escalators at Central Railway stations in and around Mumbai, India, the organization plans several initiatives to strengthen infrastructure and execute...
Boy Dies In Elevator Under Repair In India
A boy died in an elevator accident in Maharashtra, India, after he entered an elevator that was undergoing repairs, Times Now reported on December 22. The boy entered the lift in...
Elevator Rescue Training For The Firefighters In Kocaeli
Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Department of Fire Brigade Prevention and Education Branch Directorate Education Unit (KOBİTEM) in Turkey provided elevator rescue training for firefighters. KOBITEM, which provides vocational training for firefighters...
Boy Dies After Falling Off Elevator In Zirakpur, India
An 18-year-old boy died after falling out of an open elevator at a warehouse in Zirakpur, India, The Tribune reported in November. The boy was working at the hardware shop while school...
Elevator With Gap Claims Life In Turkey
A 69-year-old man who was stuck in the elevator shaft on the second floor of a four-story building recently in Kemalpaşa, Izmir, Turkey, lost his life, the ELEVATOR WORLD Turkey...
Hybrıd Izmır Elevator Symposıum Was Held
The 10th Elevator Symposium, organized by the Izmir branches on behalf of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) Chamber of Mechanical Engineers and TMMOB Chamber of Electrical...
TASFED Opens Its Third Academy In Kayseri
Turkey Elevator Industrialists Federation (TASFED) opened the third of the Elevator Academies at Kayseri Ayşe Baldöktü Vocational Training Center in Turkey on November 11. The first two previously opened in...
Bhopal Set To Open India’s First World-Class Station
Habibganj railway station in Bhopal, which has been re-developed as the country’s first world-class station, complete with facilities equivalent to a modern airport, is to be dedicated on November 15...
Greenland Completes Sydney’s Tallest Residential Tower
Construction of the mixed-use Greenland Centre in Sydney’s CBD has wrapped up, The Urban Developer reported on November 3. The AUD400-million (US$295-million), 236-m-tall skyscraper, the tallest residential tower in Sydney, was developed...
