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KONE Monospace MRLs for Mid-Rise Buildings in Two NYC Boroughs

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided one MonoSpaceTM 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevator each to two new seven-story residential buildings in Flushing, Queens, and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. At 138-25 Barclay...

KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...

Wurtec’s Steve Wurth Among EY US Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Finalists

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year® 2024 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award on May 1, and Steve Wurth, founder/CEO of Toledo,Ohio-based...

Hyundai Elevator Sings MOU With Saudi Arabia

On May 3, Hyundai Elevator signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cultural Affairs Department of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to exchange human resources (HR)...

KONE 4G Gateway for Elevators Receives Red Dot Award

KONE 4G Gateway, manufactured by KONE with KONE China & Asia Technology of Kunshan, China, has received a prestigious Red Dot Design Award in the Industrial Equipment, Machinery and Automation...

“Cities in the Sky” Book Launch Reception on May 15 in NYC

A book launch reception is planned for May 15 from 6-8 p.m. at Rizzoli Book Store at 1133 Broadway between 25th and 26th streets in Manhattan, NYC, for “Cities in...

Access BDD Attends NDA Conference in Atlanta

Access BDD U.K. team members recently attended the annual Next Day Access (NDA) Conference in Atlanta. As one of NDA’s leading North American business partners, Access BDD showed its support...

Otis Selected by SMRT Trains to Service 498 VT Units

Singapore's SMRT Trains has selected Otis to service 498 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 446 escalators and 52 elevators — on the North-South and East-West Lines (NSEWL) for five years, Otis...

GMV India Hosts “Heart 2 Heart” Strategy Meet

GMV India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of GMV SpA, Italy, hosted the GMV India Strategy Meet 2024 themed "Heart 2 Heart" on April 24-26 at the Hotel Radisson Blu...

Blackfriars Tower Scheme Recommended for Approval

Planning officers have recommended approval of Foster + Partners’ plans for a mammoth mixed-use development at 18 Blackfriars Road in Southwark, London, featuring a 45-story skyscraper alongside 22- and 40-story...

SEA-LEVEL RISE THREATENS NEW YORK HOUSING AND TALL BUILDINGS

Sea-Level Rise Threatens NYC Housing and Tall Buildings

HOUSTON SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX SUFFERING ELEVATOR BREAKDOWNS

Houston Senior Apartment Complex Suffering Elevator Breakdowns

Herrmann

In Memoriam: Tim Herrmann

Armas

Otis Appoints Armas as President U.S. and Canada

Example of Mogilevliftmash elevator interior; image courtesy of Mogilevliftmash

Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus