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Thea Bowman House Breaks Ground on Elevator Construction

Thea Bowman House in Utica, NY, held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 3 to kick off the installation of a new elevator at its DeSales Center, The Central New York...

KONE Scouting for Small Services Companies

Finland-based KONE Corp. is scouting for acquisitions of small services companies across the world, KONE Global President and CEO Philippe Delorme told reporters while participating in KONE India’s 40th anniversary...

Otis Hong Kong Awarded Outstanding Elevator Business Award

Otis Hong Kong was awarded the "Outstanding Elevator Business Award" at the prestigious 01 Gold Medal Awards 2023. This award recognizes Otis' achievements in promoting innovations in vertical transportation and...

Nippon Otis Pilot Project Integrates Service Robot With Elevator for Mail Delivery

Nippon Otis Elevator Co., in collaboration with robotics provider FIG Corp., has integrated a service robot with an existing Otis Gen2® Prestige elevator as part of a pilot project at...

Liftinstituut Presents Certificate of Compliance to Hydronic Lift

Liftinstituut recently presented Italy’s Hydronic Lift S.p.A with a Certificate of Compliance according to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A17.1-2019/CSA B44-19 for its hydraulic buffer. ISO 17025-calibrated measurement devices...

Invertek Celebrates Three-Millionth VFD Production

Welshpool, U.K.-based Invertek Drives Ltd., a global innovator and manufacturer of variable frequency drive (VFD) technology, recently celebrated producing its three-millionth VFD, which are designed and manufactured at the company’s...

23-Year-Old Man Dies in Illinois Elevator Incident

The Joliet, Illinois, Police Department announced that a 23-year-old worker died on April 9 after falling down an elevator shaft at an old industrial building on the city's east side,...

Liftinstituut Hosting Webinar on New Machinery Regulation

Liftinstituut is hosting a webinar titled Transition to the New Machinery Regulation - Spring 2024 on April 25 and May 16. The webinar will be hosted by certification specialists Willem...

KONE Wins Order for Panda Tower in Chengdu, China

KONE Corp. has won an order to supply a suite of vertical-transportation solutions for the new 489-m-high mixed-use Panda Tower (officially Chengdu Tianfu Supertall) in Chengdu, Western China. Towering to...

Maxton Manufacturing Top Safety Recognition for 10th Year

The Safety Consultation and Training Section (SCATS) of the State of Nevada’s Division of Industrial Relations recognizes Maxton Manufacturing Co. in Minden, Nevada, for the successful renewal of the Safety...

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Vanbarton Looks Beyond NYC To Seattle for Potential Conversion

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CECA Calls For Votes For Supplier Director

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LIFTEX 2025 To Showcase Latest Innovations in Lift Technology

The 106-story Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower in Dubai Marina; image courtesy of KONE

KONE To Equip Dubai Residential Supertall With 38 VT Units

The meeting of the newly christened Elevate-HER is planned at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre; image courtesy of niagarafallstourism.com.

CECA’s Women’s Group Introduces New Name: Elevate-HER