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Elevator Issues in India Government Hospitals Focus of Inspection
Public Works Department (PWD) officials have inspected the elevators installed at government hospitals in rural and urban areas of the state of Chennai in India after Health Minister Ma Subramanian...
ECNY Accepting Submissions for 2023 Scholarships
Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) is accepting submissions through March 17 for its 2023 scholarship program for high school seniors. ECNY will award a minimum of two US$5,000 scholarships....
Titan Elevators Achieves Safety Accreditation
U.K.’s Titan Elevators recently announced that it has achieved SafeContractor Accreditation for another year. Alcumus SafeContractor is one of the largest SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement) schemes accredited with the...
AKE Starts New Year With Largest-Yet Europe Order
AKE Aufzüge & Fahrtreppen GmbH, headquartered in Baesweiler, Germany, started 2023 with its largest single order in Europe to date, AKE Europe Managing Director Norman Rosnersky tells ELEVATOR WORLD. On...
Skywalks With Vertical Transportation to Open in India
Mehdipatnam, a popular residential area in the southwestern suburbs of Hyderabad, India, is set to get a 390-m-long skywalk to facilitate pedestrians, and it will be equipped with 11 elevators,...
Couple Dies in Residential Elevator Accident
An Armenian couple has died due to an elevator malfunction in a residential building in Tbilis, the capital of Georgia, News.am reports. On January 14, the man fell into the...
Maven Group Names Director of Business Development
Maven Group, LLC, headquartered in Jupiter, Florida, on January 17 announced the appointment of Carson Bombara as director of business development. Bombara joins Maven Group after gaining considerable vertical-transportation (VT)...
KONE Receives EUR200-Million Loan to Support R&D
In December, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it signed a EUR200-million (US$216.4 million) loan with KONE to support R&D for more energy-efficient and intelligent elevators, escalators, moving walks, components...
FAA Approves Permits for 40-Story Miami Condo Tower
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved permits for a 440-ft-tall, 40-story condominium tower at 501 Northeast 1st Avenue in Downtown Miami, Florida YIMBY reports. Designed by Revuelta Architecture International...
Man Dies in FOB Incident in India
A 25-year-old man was killed after getting trapped between a lift and the walls of a foot overbridge (FOB) in Delhi's Malviya Nagar in India, NDTV is among outlets to...
