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50th POP/JOE Golf Outing Set For September 8
The 50th POP Frohlinger/JOE Marchese Memorial Invitational Outing, a popular golf event to benefit the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF), is planned rain or shine at the Brookville Country Club...
Nippon Otis Modernizes Elevator at Major Japan Dam
Nippon Otis overcame challenging conditions to successfully modernize the elevator at Kurobe River Fourth Power Plant of Kurobe Dam, one of Japan's largest dams, Otis announced in July. The plant...
Total Access Elevator Acquires LA Elevator
Total Access Elevator, a Sante Fe Springs, California-based division of Los Angeles (LA)-based private-equity firm Century Park, announced in August the acquisition of LA Elevator, an independent provider of elevator...
TKE and Alat Successfully Close KSA Partnership and JV
TK Elevator (TKE), headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Alat, a Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), successfully closed a strategic partnership investment and EUR160-million (US$184.6-million) joint venture (JV), TKE announced on...
Modernized Elevators Unveiled at Busy NYC Subway Station
Forte Construction Corp., based on Long Island, NY, with a NYC office, on August 4 announced successful completion of a two-elevator modernization at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) 66th Street-Lincoln...
76 Otis Elevators for Sobha’s Six-Tower Dubai Project
Otis announced on August 4 it will install 76 elevators for Sobha Realty at its Riverside Crescent development in Sobha Hartland II in Dubai. In the development's first phase, Riverside...
Gessen Joins TEI as South Florida VP of Sales
Gibran Gessen, who has 16 years' vertical-transportation (VT) industry experience and more than five years as a profit-and-loss manager in the South Florida market, joined TEI Group as vice president...
Vote for the Ellies Until August 11
Voting is now open for the ELEVATOR WORLD ELLIES awards until August 11. The ELLIES recognizes North American vertical-transportation industry businesses that go above and beyond for their customers, employees, communities and...
Public Schools in Guam Face ADA Difficulties
Multiple public schools in Guam with two-story buildings lack functioning elevators, which has forced administrators to move classes to the first floor to accommodate students with disabilities, The Guam Daily Post reports....
‘Scary’ Elevator Upgrades Commence After Delays
After delays, the elevator at the Wallace Center in Greenwich, Connecticut, is receiving a much-needed upgrade, the Stamford Advocate reports. The original plan for the elevator's work was set to be completed...
