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Teen Dies as a Result of Elevator Mishap in Mumbai
A 16-year-old girl sustained head injuries that resulted in her death in late October, the result of sticking her head through a glassless window of a lift door in the...
Plans Revealed for Singapore’s Tallest Tower
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) revealed in October the design of 8 Shenton Way, a 305 m-high tower that, once completed, will become not only Singapore's tallest building but one...
TKE Sustainability Expert to Participate in Conference Roundtable
TK Elevator (TKE) Senior Sustainability Manager Monica Miller Brown plans to participate in a roundtable discussion on embodied carbon in steel on November 3 at the Greenbuild International Conference +...
Athens Metro Extension Served by 93 Otis VT Units Completes
The Haidari-Piraeus Line 3 extension of the Athens Metro, a project of Attiko Metro S.A., served by 93 Otis vertical-transportation (VT) units, is complete, Railway-News and other outlets report. With...
In Memoriam: Rob Richmond
Robert “Rob” Richmond, an elevator mechanic for more than 35 years and a supervisor at Pride and Service Elevator, an American Elevator Group company with locations in NYC and Crawford,...
TKE Elevator Test Tower and IQC Honored by ENR Southeast
Engineering News-Record Southeast (ENR) recently honored TK Elevator's (TKE) 400-ft-tall elevator test tower and Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) at the Battery Atlanta with the Best Project/Engineering/Industrial Award. General contractor...
Otis to Modernize Seattle Space Needle Elevators
Otis President and CEO Judy Marks announced during Otis' recent third quarter 2022 earnings call that the OEM has been selected to modernize the three elevators serving the iconic Space...
MESA Meets in Norwood, Massachusetts
Approximately 20 members of the Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA) gathered at Jake n Joes Sports Grille in Norwood, Massachusetts, on October 11, 2022, for a meeting. National Elevator Industry,...
TEI Group Promotes Parrino to Service Manager
Long Island City, New York-headquartered TEI Group has promoted Joe Parrino from service manager for the greater NYC area to overall service manager. Parrino, who recently celebrated his 19th anniversary...
Alimak Group Names Nylund Chief Communications Officer
Alimak Group, the Stockholm, Sweden-based rack-and-pinion construction hoist specialist, has named Johnny Nylund chief communications officer, effective January 9. Nylund joins Alimak from Sweco, Europe's leading architecture and engineering company....
