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India’s Senior Living Housing Sector to Rise Over 300% by 2030: JLL — Asli Report.
India’s senior population — defined as individuals age 60 and above — is poised to more than double, from 156.7 million in 2024 to 346 million by 2050. This demographic...
Babich Named VP of Sales at Hal-Brant Elevator
Industry veteran John Babich recently announced he has been named vice president (VP) of sales at Burlington, Ontario-based Hal-Brant Elevator Services Ltd. With a career spanning approximately 40 years, Babich...
EW Announces 2025 Project of the Year Winners
ELEVATOR WORLD proudly announces the 2025 Project of the Year winners. Expert teams from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and the U.K. emerged victorious by successfully completing...
Vertical Building Extension Method Launches in the U.K.
U.K. cities could soon be sprouting upward with new “timber canopies” following the launch of Optoppen – a viability tool intended to spread the practice of extending existing buildings vertically, Architects’...
Hyundai Choir of Disabled People Wins Silver Prize at National Competition
The Hyundai Elevator Choir of Disabled People won a prize at a national-level competition, The Korea Times reports. The choir is comprised of disabled employees from the company and received the silver...
India’s ECE Elevators Launches New Ad Campaign
ECE Elevators, a division of the Birla Group, has unveiled its latest advertising campaign, consisting of four engaging short films that showcase the brand’s commitment to providing comfort, sustainability, zero...
KONE Awarded EcoVadis 2024 Sustainability Gold Medal
KONE has been awarded a Gold Medal in the EcoVadis 2024 sustainability assessment, ranking among the top 5% of the more than 130,000 companies evaluated and in the top 1%...
Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Norway’s ALT Heis
Through wholly owned Swedish subsidiary Motum, Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp. acquired all shares of Norwegian elevator company ALT Heis, Mitsubishi Electric announced on November 29. The move follows the 2023...
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator Receives 147-Unit MRT Order
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator, the Taiwan-based subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., received an order for 147 elevators and escalators from the Department of Rapid Transit Systems of the Taipei City Government, Hitachi...
NAREDCO Maharashtra and 1 Finance Unveil Comprehensive Study
1 Finance, a financial services institution focused on the personal finance space in India, collaborated with National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) Maharashtra NextGen as the Research Partner for Excelerate 3.0....
