International News
EW Announces 2025 Ellies Award Winners
ELEVATOR WORLD formally announces the winners and runners-up of the 2025 Ellies Awards, which, for the past eight years, has recognized North American vertical-transportation businesses that have gone above and...
Hyundai Elevator Sells Building and Affiliate Shares
Hyundai Elevator has announced the sale of its office building in Yeonji-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, for KRW 450 billion (US$321.4 million), THE CHOSUN Daily reports. Hyundai Elevator sold the property to...
MEBS To Launch KEGMIL Cloud-Based Platform in Singapore
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corp. (MEBS) plans to launch the KEGMIL cloud-based platform to streamline elevator and escalators (E&E) field-service maintenance in Singapore in October. Developed by Singapore-based startup...
Occupational Safety and Health a Focus for Fujitec Hong Kong
Fujitec Hong Kong, Fujitec’s first overseas company that is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, is preparing for Japan’s National Occupational Safety and Health Week in October by reinforcing worker...
Canadian-Owned Distributor RCW Canada Launches in Toronto
RCW Canada, a Canadian-owned distributor of James Monroe Wire and Cable-branded, code-compliant cable solutions tailored to fit the needs of the elevator industry, was recently launched in Toronto by industry...
Schindler Partners With Major Global Hotel Operator
Schindler announced on September 25 it signed a Master Services and Supplies Agreement (MSSA) with Accor, a world-leading hospitality group with more than 5,600 hotel properties in 110 countries. The...
SMEC President Visits Uzbekistan Elevator Plant
Wang Zhongpei, president of Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd. (SMEC), visited the elevator plant located at the TEXNOPARK industrial zone in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to get a first-hand look at the...
VM Elevators Extends London Stadium Associate Partnership
Leading London, U.K.-based lift and escalator services provider, VM Elevators has announced that, following the extension of its associate partnership with the iconic London Stadium, it has been awarded the...
10 Injured in Chain-Reaction Escalator Fall in Hong Kong
Ten elderly people were injured in a chain-reaction escalator fall at a mall in Hong Kong on September 21, The Standard is among outlets to report. A woman fell at...
U.K.’s Shorts Launches Lift Professional Workwear Brand
U.K.-based Shorts Industries Ltd. has launched Lift Professional, a brand offering high-quality workwear, graphic T-shirts and accessories to celebrate those who work in the vertical-transportation industry. An idea born during...
