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KONE to Provide 28 Elevators for London Life-Science Campus

KONE announced on February 6 that it booked an order to supply a total of 28 elevators — 27 MonoSpace® 700 DX machine-room-less and one MonoSpace 500 DX high-performance units for...

Fire in Elevator Shaft Leads to Discovery of Body

Firefighters responded on February 4 to a fire outbreak in the elevator shaft of the International Congress Centrum (ICC) in Berlin, Germany, The Munich Eye reports. The fire was extinguished swiftly, but...

Hyundai Elevator Opens Welfare Café Employing People With Disabilities

Hyundai Group announced it has opened in-house welfare cafés that employs disabled people at major affiliates' workplaces, including Hyundai Elevator and Hyundai Movex in South Korea, TOPDaily reports. Hyundai Elevator opened the...

G-Tech Provides Elevators for New Brooklyn Tower

Linden, New Jersey-headquartered G-Tech Elevator Associates LLC tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided two elevators for 655 Union Street, a 13-story residential tower recently completed in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY. The building...

Elevator U Issues Call for Papers for Austin Conference

Elevator U has issued a call for papers and reminds interested parties that registration is open for the 25th Annual Elevator U Conference hosted by the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, on June...

Illinois Garage to Get Modernized Elevator

Galesburg, Illinois, Aldermen unanimously approved nearly US$19,000 in Tax Increment Financing funding to cover a portion of the expense to modernize the elevator and replace the garage door at a...

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens Two Offices

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co. Ltd. announced that it opened service offices in Wakayama and Fukuyama, Japan, on February 1 for the purpose of strengthening services to its customers, MarketScreener reports. These...

Fujitec Provides Three Elevators for Midtown East Tower

Working with general contractor Urban Atelier Group, Fujitec provided a three-elevator system for 300 East 50th Street, a 23-story residential tower in the Turtle Bay area of Midtown East, Manhattan,...

ATTA Elevators USA Opens Austin Office

ATTA Elevators USA Inc. announced on February 1 the opening of its Austin, Texas, office, further extending its market coverage and aligning with its ongoing "mission to become an industry...

Otis to Install and Maintain 142 VT Units for IMSS

During a January 29 earnings call, Otis President, Chair and CEO Judy Marks said the company will install 142 vertical-transportation (VT) units at Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) facilities. The...

HITACHI ELEVATOR TO FOCUS ON SMART BUILDING IN CHINA

Hitachi Elevator to Focus on Smart Building in China

(l-r) Todd Christensen and Craig Clabaugh

Metro Elevator Opens in Office in Iowa

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Passion for Acting Leads to VT Career

The extension will include three new stations; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Taiwan to Supply 65 VT Units for MRT Extension

Different views of the proposed tower; images courtesy of RSHP

54-Story City of London Tower Approved