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Otis Taps EVCo to Convert Service Fleet to EVs
Otis has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EVCo to convert its fleet vehicles in Singapore to Electric Vehicles (EVs), Otis announced earlier this month. Based in Singapore,...
Fourth Global Lifting Awareness Day Set for July 13
The fourth Global Lifting Awareness Day – #GLAD2023 – will take place on July 13. Powered by the U.K.’s Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) and supporting organizations, GLAD is now...
Castlepoint Numa Submits Third Proposal for Weston Village Revitalization
Developer Castlepoint Numa recently submitted plans for a third development in the Weston Village neighborhood of Toronto, Canada, Urban Toronto reports. Once again partnering with KIN Capital Partners and Fortlane...
Five Otis Traction Elevators for Two-Tower Coney Island Complex
Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing five traction elevators for 1515 Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. Designed by Studio V Architecture and developed by LCOR, the property...
UKLE Delivers Custom Platform Lift to U.K.’s National Sikh Heritage & Holocaust Museum
UK Lift and Escalator Co. Ltd. (UKLE), with head offices in Gateshead, U.K., recently delivered a custom platform lift to the National Sikh Heritage & Holocaust Museum on Princes Street...
Spain’s TK Escalator Norte Achieves Safety Milestone
The TK Escalator Norte SA factory in Asturias, Spain, recently achieved a significant safety milestone: 1,500 days without an accident in the step band and manufacturing cell divisions, TK Escalator...
Hotel Staff Member Killed in Elevator Incident in India
An employee of a five-star hotel in Sector 17 in Chandigarh, India, died after an elevator allegedly malfunctioned on the property, The Times of India reports. The employee was washing...
Plans for London Towers Originally Refused Now Revised
Squire & Partners is facing a backlash from Westminster Council after substantially increasing the height of a three-tower housing scheme in west London, which was previously refused for being too...
Kings III “Real Emergency Calls” Series Aims to Raise Awareness
Kings III Emergency Communications, headquartered in Coppell, Texas, recently launched a new online series called “Real Emergency Calls” to raise awareness of the importance of proper emergency response in critical...
IEES Issues Call for Paper Abstracts for Scotland Event
International Elevator & Escalator Symposium (IEES) organizers are issuing a call for paper abstracts for the event, planned on December 5-6 at The Balmoral in Edinburgh, Scotland. Those interested in...
