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Korea Report Shows VT Accidents Increasing For Senior Citizens

A report by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) shows the annual number of accidents involving senior citizens on automated transportation, including vertical transportation (VT), has been increasing since 2020, The Korea...

CECA: Postal Worker Strike to Affect TSSA Mail

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) tells members that the strike announced by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers on November 15 will disrupt mail services and impact regulated clients...

Abedian Plans US$580 Million Australian Residential Skyscraper

Abedian & Co, the family’s private development company that has been developing the Gold Coast’s skyline for 40 years, has filed plans for three towers in the past week, reports The...

Key India Rail Hub Opens Escalators and New Booking Office

Newly constructed booking office and escalators at the second entrance of Kottayam Railway Station in India were inaugurated and opened to the public on November 12 by the Union Minister...

Huasheng Fujitec Elevator Wins NY Product Design Award

HUASHENG FUJITEC Elevator Co., Ltd., the Shanghai-based production arm of Fujitec, received the Silver Winner Award for the DF-f destination floor registration unit in the 2024 NY Product Design Awards,...

TASFED Black Sea Regional Meetings

The Turkish Lift Industrialists Federation (TASFED) Board of Directors organized a series of meetings in Samsun and Trabzon in October. by Gülay Pala On October 11, 2024, TASFED Board Members...

TASİAD’s Visit to Karabük

TASİAD, the All Lift Industrialists and Businessmen Association, is initiating new projects across Türkiye and recently conducted a series of visits in Karabük.  by Aysun Aksoy On October 11, the...

Earthquake Lifts Symposium from Decosan

The Earthquake Lift Symposium organized by Decosan, a manufacturing company in Diyarbakır, was held November 1-2, 2024. Earthquakes, a reality in our country, have been a bitter experience for centuries...

Ontario Office-to-Residential Conversion Act Voted Down

The Ford Government of Ontario, Canada, voted down the Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Act 2024, which would have cut red tape and sped up such conversions by up to two years as...

Schindler Lifts Australia Promotes Montresor to MD

Schindler Lifts Australia has promoted Stefano Montresor to managing director (MD) of Schindler Lifts Australia, where he had a 14-year-long career in various positions. In 2010, Montresor joined the company...

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BOD PLAN TO REPLACE ESCALATORS

New Jersey Transit BoD Plan to Replace Escalators

WEEF HOLDS SECOND IN-PERSON MEETING IN FRANKFURT

WEEF Holds Second In-Person Meeting in Frankfurt

The Torch at 640 Eighth Avenue takes its place on the Midtown Manhattan skyline; rendering courtesy of ODA and SLCE Architects

TEI Group Awarded Major 30-Unit Contract at The Torch

TKE CONSIDERING US$22.7-BILLION IPO IN U.S. IN 2026

TKE Considering US$22.7-Billion IPO in U.S. in 2026

Hiyaa Towers; image courtesy of Architecture Association Maldives

Progress Made on Elevator Installation in Maldive Towers