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KONE to Provide 28 Elevators for London Life-Science Campus

KONE announced on February 6 that it booked an order to supply a total of 28 elevators — 27 MonoSpace® 700 DX machine-room-less and one MonoSpace 500 DX high-performance units for...

Fire in Elevator Shaft Leads to Discovery of Body

Firefighters responded on February 4 to a fire outbreak in the elevator shaft of the International Congress Centrum (ICC) in Berlin, Germany, The Munich Eye reports. The fire was extinguished swiftly, but...

Hyundai Elevator Opens Welfare Café Employing People With Disabilities

Hyundai Group announced it has opened in-house welfare cafés that employs disabled people at major affiliates' workplaces, including Hyundai Elevator and Hyundai Movex in South Korea, TOPDaily reports. Hyundai Elevator opened the...

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens Two Offices

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co. Ltd. announced that it opened service offices in Wakayama and Fukuyama, Japan, on February 1 for the purpose of strengthening services to its customers, MarketScreener reports. These...

Otis to Install and Maintain 142 VT Units for IMSS

During a January 29 earnings call, Otis President, Chair and CEO Judy Marks said the company will install 142 vertical-transportation (VT) units at Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) facilities. The...

Early Registration Open for AJ Architecture Awards

The Architects’ Journal (AJ) Architecture Awards celebrate the very best projects across more than 16 categories, including housing, health and well-being, workplace and cultural projects. These awards are open to practices of...

TKE to Showcase Energy-Efficient, Digital Solutions at MIPIM

Making its debut at MIPIM 2025, the world’s leading real estate exhibition and conference taking place in Cannes, France, on March 11-14, TK Elevator (TKE) will showcase its wide range...

Otis India’s First Use of Compass 360 for Hyderabad Towers

Otis will install 21 elevators at The Trilight, a luxury residential project consisting of three interconnected towers up to 60 stories tall in Hyderabad, India, Otis President, Chair and CEO...

Lift Meet Up Held at Fairmont The Palm in Dubai

Members of the vertical-transportation industry gathered at the prestigious Fairmont The Palm hotel in Dubai on January 22-24 for the first LIFT MEET UP, a strategic networking event for key...

Otis to Install 18 VT Units at New EIT Oxford Campus

Otis will install 18 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 17 elevators and one platform lift — at the Ellison Institute of Technologies (EIT) Oxford Interdisciplinary Research and Development campus in Oxford,...

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KONE and Partners Launch Smile on Wheels Project in India

MASSACHUSETTS FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES GRANT FOR ELEVATOR RESCUE TRAINING

Massachusetts FD Receives Grant for Elevator Rescue Training

BELARUS MODERNIZES 200 ELEVATORS IN AZERBAIJAN IN 2025

Belarus Modernizes 200 Elevators in Azerbaijan in 2025

STRONG SERVICE SALES AND MAINTENANCE FUEL OTIS 3Q EARNINGS

Strong Service Sales and Maintenance Fuel Otis 3Q Earnings

Southmoor Station was one of the elevator security program's pilot stations; image courtesy of RTD-Denver.

RTD-Denver Expands Crime Prevention Program to More Elevators