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Otis Announces Made to Move Communities Student Challenge Winners
On April 19, Otis announced the winning teams of its third annual Made to Move CommunitiesTM Student Challenge, which paired volunteer mentors from Otis with 230 students across 15 countries...
Australia’s LML Lift Consultants Taps Senior Consultant
Australia's LML Lift Consultants recently welcomed Randall Jeans as senior consultant at the New South Wales office. A long-term member of the vertical-transportation (VT) industry, Jeans has worked for OEMs...
Bear Robotics Rolls Out Elevator Delivery Robot
Bear Robotics, a Silicon Valley-based innovator of indoor service robots, has announced a strategic investment to fund its Korea-based partner, M2MTech, which specializes in Internet of Things (IoT) convergence for...
London Tower Design Approved with Second Staircase Added
An east London council has approved a Rio Architects-designed high-rise co-living development that will deliver 795 studio units in a 46-story block, Building Design reports. The original proposals for the...
Elevator Work Progressing at Staten Island Railway Station
Accessibility upgrades coming to the New Dorp station of the Staten Island Railway (SIR) are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023 with elevators online by the...
Nippon Otis To Cut Electricity Consumption with Solar Panels
Nearly a quarter of annual electricity consumption at the Nippon Otis Elevator Co. logistics and engineering center (NOLEC) in Japan can now be offset by power generated with newly-installed solar...
Fujitec Canada Acquires Calgary-Based Stampede Elevator
Fujitec Canada Inc. announced it acquired Calgary-headquartered Stampede Elevator Inc. on April 17. Stampede Elevator was founded in 2014 by Ian Murray and Jason Watmore, who each have more than...
Ghana Ministry Reduces Elevator Use, Official Responds
The Ghana Ministry of Health recently issued a memorandum that instructed staff not to access the elevators from the first to the third floor on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Modern Ghana...
Apex Lifts Fundraises for U.K. Sensory Suite
Apex Lifts — London's largest independent lift manufacturing and servicing company — with the help of grants received from the Royal Warrant Charity Fund and South East Consortium, helped fundraising...
Schindler Providing Nine New Escalators for PRT Modernization Project
A Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) spokesman tells ELEVATOR WORLD Schindler is providing nine new escalators for a US$13.5-million modernization project underway at three downtown light rail stations. Geared toward improving...
