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Access To Showcase Stairlift Solutions at OT Show 2023

Access, one of the U.K.’s leading suppliers of stairlifts, home lifts and platform lifts, will be showcasing working models from its range of stairlifts on stand G51 at this year’s...

NYC DOB Recognizes Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week

Amid a recent spike in elevator and escalator accidents, the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) is marking Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week, November 13-17, by sharing tips on how...

Otis’ SBTi GHG Commitment Adds to ESG Objectives

On November 9, Otis Worldwide Corp. announced its commitment to setting near-term, science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets, formally submitting its plan to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for...

Elevators Closed in Pakistan Government Building

Elevators at the Shaheed-e-Millat Secretariat, which houses several government offices in Islamabad, have been closed by the Pakistan Public Works Department (PWD), The News reports. The PWD says the lifts...

NEII, EESF Recognize Elevator and Escalator Safety Week

To mark Elevator and Escalator Safety Week, held this year on November 13-17, the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) is hosting a Safety Challenge on its website. Participants can take...

KONE Elevator India Expected To Maintain 15% Growth Rate

KONE Elevator India expects to post a 15% growth rate during calendar year 2023 despite market constraints, according to Managing Director Amit Gossain, The Hindu reports. “So far, we have...

Third Annual Product of the Year Winner/Finalists Announced

The winner of ELEVATOR WORLD’s third annual Product of the Year Award is the F1 Cab Shell by MAD Elevator Inc. The F1 Cab Shell is a breakthrough in elevator...

Voted World’s Best Airport, Singapore Changi Airport Opens T2

Voted the World’s Best Airport in the 2023 Skytrax Airport Awards, Singapore’s Changi Airport has fully reopened Terminal 2 (T2) following a 3.5 year, 21,000-m2 expansion, CNN reports. Like other...

LEEA Announces New Chair, Other Board Changes

At the end of 2023, Kat Moss will complete her two years of service as chair of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Board and will be succeeded in January...

Otis Elevators for Unique West End London Office Property

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 10 Gen2® elevators for Lucent, a new, 144,000-ft2, six-story office-led property by Landsec in London's West End. The entire sixth floor has been leased...

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