International News

Acquisition has global impact; growth in Australia and Georgia.

Savaria to Acquire Garaventa Savaria Corp. agreed in July to acquire the issued and outstanding shares of Garaventa Lift for a total purchase price of approximately CHF74 million (US$74.27 million),...

CANopen Lift Plugfest and SIG Meeting

CAN in Automation (CiA) members met on March 13-14 in Nuremburg, Germany, to discuss the CiA 417 application profile and test their CANopen Lift products on interoperability. CiA reports CiA...

Statistics, orders and tall-building progress

Source: China Has Capacity to Supply the World In the 40 years since China opened its economy to the world, global elevator companies have rushed in, transforming the country from...

ZHA’s “Masterpiece” With Otis Atrium Elevators Debuts in Macau

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) celebrated the opening of the 40-story Morpheus hotel in Macau (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2014) on June 15. Part of the City of Dreams resort, the structure...

France, U.K. and China round out locations of recent wins.

171-Unit Contract for French Railway Otis France has been awarded a contract by SNCF French Rail to install 171 escalators and moving walks for northern France. Seventy-five Otis escalators will...

U.K. trade publication changes hands, KONE honored, and partnership made in Moscow.

Elevator World Acquires U.K. Magazine Elevation Elevator World, Inc. has acquired the U.K.-based magazine Elevation. Launched by industry veteran Ish Buckingham as a quarterly publication in 1994, Elevation specifically targets...

Construction, elevator industries boom across the Great White North.

Tall Towers for Downtown Toronto Dream Office REIT is seeking permission from the City of Toronto to replace an eight-story office building at 250 Dundas Street downtown with a 52-story...

A Heritage Lift Finds Its Former Glory

In this Project Spotlight, a team headed by KJA Consultants restores a 100-plus-year-old elevator. We’re waiting at the door of the elevator, Romas Bubelis and I. The car passes us...

Home Sweet Home

Ontario has been a welcome site for Peelle’s manufacturing since 1964. When The Peelle Co. visited the Canadian market in the early 1920s, Canada was beginning to build its infrastructure...

A Modern Lift

The digital age of elevators arrives at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. The iconic Fairmont Empress Hotel stands proudly overlooking the Inner Harbour in Victoria, the provincial capital of British Columbia....

CECA OFFERS UPDATE ON COLLEGIATE ELEVATOR PROGRAMS

CECA Offers Update on Collegiate Elevator Programs

205 Cabrini Boulevard in Washington Heights, Manhattan; image courtesy of NYC Housing Connect

KONE Elevator For New Manhattan Residential Building

Image by Thomas_C_Rosenthal for Pixabay

Greece Minister Urges Citizens To Complete Elevator Registry

Shorts announced a partnership with Metron; image courtesy of Shorts.

Shorts Announces Partnership With Metron

Looking up at 432 Park Avenue; photo by GrissJr for Wikipedia

Problems Mount for Pencil-Thin Supertall 432 Park Avenue