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Elevator Fall in India Results in Death
A 70-year-old man died and three others were injured when an elevator collapsed from the fourth floor of a commercial building in Vadodara, India, on January 28, The Indian Express...
MESA Searching for Scholarship Recipients
Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA) has begun the search for recipients of the 2023 G. Gahr Finney Memorial Scholarship for high school seniors, and will take applications through May 1....
TKE Providing 16 Elevators for New Cleveland Medical Building
TK Elevator (TKE) is providing 16 overhead traction elevators for the new Cleveland Clinic Neurological Center on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The 400,000-ft2 building will bring together services currently...
ECNY, NAESA to Present Continuing-Education Seminar in April
Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) and NAESA International plan to present a continuing-education, one-day seminar for ECNY members in good standing on April 18 or April 19. From 7...
Hospital Robots Launched in Washington State
MultiCare Health Systems has deployed four Moxi robotic units at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Washington, as errand-runners, The Spokesman-Review reports. The “nurse robots” won’t interact with patients or go into...
Pilot Program Uses EV Battery Power to Run Elevators
Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Hitachi Building Systems Co. Ltd., a Hitachi Ltd. Subsidiary, have announced a plan to roll out a system to keep elevators running during...
KONE to Cut Up To 1,000 Jobs Globally
As part of an organizational restructuring announced on January 26 with its latest earnings, KONE said it will cut up to 1,000 jobs globally — 150 in its native Finland,...
New Designs for Liverpool Street Station Redevelopment Unveiled
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled the latest designs for its redevelopment of Liverpool Street station in the U.K., giving the public a detailed look at the architecture of the...
KONE to Renew Operating Model in Changing Environment
Effective July 1, KONE plans to implement a revised operational structure and executive board to "increase its competitiveness and customer focus in a changing operating environment." The aim, KONE said,...
Delaware Elevator Partners With Youth Education Nonprofit
Delaware Elevator Inc., headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, recently partnered with Junior AchievementTM (JA) of the Eastern Shore, a nonprofit organization that provides programs for students on work readiness, entrepreneurship and...
