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Otis Names Connors to Its Worldwide BoD
Otis announced on October 24 it has named Nelda Connors to its worldwide Board of Directors (BoD), and she is joining the board's Audit and Compensation Committee. Currently CEO of...
Elevator Inaugurated as Part of Larger Project in India
Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Dibakar Nath inaugurated the newly installed elevator and conference-cum-community Hall at the Dhubri Kalibari premises in India on October 28, The Sentinel reports. The meeting was organized...
2022 SBS Lift Forum to be Held November 23
The 2022 edition of the SBS Lift Forum will take place online on November 23 and will revolve around the topic of special tools and special instructions for use, and...
Otis Celebrates 10th Anniversary of South Carolina Factory
Otis celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 500,000-ft2 Florence, South Carolina, factory, on November 1. Since starting production on November 1, 2012, the factory has gone from "having one machine...
Chicago Elevator Association Upcoming Events
The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) issued a reminder that its November meeting is planned on November 3 at 6:30 at Angelo’s, 247 North York Road, Elmhurst, Illinois. The guest speaker...
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,...
