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EAOF Holds Golf Outing, Quarterly Meeting

The Elevator Association of Florida (EAOF) held its second annual golf outing on December 4. The sold-out tournament took place at The Savannahs Golf Course on Merritt Island, Florida, and...

Champion Elevator Wins HOBI Award

Champion Elevator Corp., an independently owned, full-service elevator company with locations in New York and Connecticut, recently announced that it is part of the team that won a Home Building...

Plan Submitted for Scotland’s Tallest “Building”

The redrawn plans for Portcullis House — which would become the tallest “building” in Scotland at 125 m— near Glasgow’s Charing Cross station, were submitted by developer Watkin Jones Group...

Tilting Elevator Shaft Causes Construction Delay

Crews have begun to repair a Rapid City, South Dakota, mixed-use project that made news for its tilting elevator shaft after a shim failed between the foundation and precast, Construction...

NEII DEI Team Attends Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference

Members of the National Elevator Industry, Inc.’s (NEII) diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) team attended the annual North America’s Building Trades Unions Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in Washington, D.C., on...

Otis Again Named to America’s Most Responsible List

Otis Worldwide Corp. has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2024, and this is the company’s third consecutive year on the list. Otis ranked 187...

CiA Announces Safety Meeting, New CAN Dictionary

CAN (controller area network) in Automation (CiA) will hold an online meeting on January 30, 2024, to discuss the future of the CANopen Safety standard. The agenda includes the status...

Alimak Group Considers Consolidating Assembly Activity

Stockholm, Sweden-headquartered Alimak Group is considering consolidating assembly activity in Mammendorf, Germany, to its manufacturing facility in Madrid, Spain, as part of an effort to deliver significantly improved margins in...

New South Carolina Elevator Company Opens

Licensed electrician Cameron Raybourne recently announced the official opening of his new company, Alchemy Elevator. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, the business will serve South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia,...

Terry Lifts Joins BHTA

Terry Lifts recently announced it is now a member of the British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA), which brings together healthcare and assistive technologies manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and service providers to...

WORKER DIES IN ELEVATOR SHAFT INCIDENT IN NEWARK

Worker Dies in Elevator Shaft Incident in Newark

The One under construction in 2024; photo by Sikander Iqbal for Wikipedia

Ontario Superior Court Approves Tridel’s Takeover of The One

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Texas Bill Requiring Landlords to Maintain Elevators Progresses

DELTRON ACQUIRES THREE COMPANIES

Deltron Acquires Three Companies

SAVARIA ACQUIRES WESTERN ELEVATOR

Savaria Acquires Western Elevator