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KONE Retires Older DC Elevator Drive Equipment

KONE Americas announced it is retiring its ReSolve with Unity DC drive product, effective September 6. No longer modernizing older DC gearless machines, KONE now offers customers machine replacements with...

JT Peelle Promoted, Other Transitions at The Peelle Co.

The Board of Directors (BoD) of The Peelle Co., headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, announced the promotion of JT Peelle to president and CEO, succeeding his father, Hank Peelle, who has...

BART Greenlights Two-Tower TOD in Downtown Oakland

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Directors approved developers’ plans for a transit-oriented development (TOD) that includes 28- and 19-story towers at the new Lake Merritt BART station...

U.K.’s Elevating Safety Solutions Launches Training Website

Since 2008, U.K.-based Elevating Safety Solutions (ESS) has been helping lift companies in obtaining and maintaining their ISO, health and safety and compliance requirements. Now, due to an increasing demand...

TKE Elevators With Robotic Capabilities for Major Canada Hospital

TK Elevator (TKE) has completed installation of approximately 30 digitally advanced elevators at Calgary Cancer Centre (CCC) at Foothills Medical Centre, the soon-to-be largest standalone cancer center in Canada. The...

Columbia Elevator Partners With USDE, Fermator U.S. Division

Columbia Elevator and US Door Equipment Corp. (USDE), a Fermator company, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide the new construction and modernization segments of the North American elevator...

Travelodge Speaks Out Against Lift Surfing Videos

Travelodge has spoken out against a YouTuber user known only as Ryegi who filmed and posted videos of himself lift surfing in Manchester and Morecambe, U.K., Manchester World reports. One...

WAGO Promotes Cox to New Position

Germantown, Wisconsin-headquartered WAGO, which offers products including connection components, electronics and automation technology for elevators, has announced the promotion of Jesse Cox to director of automation sales engineering and development....

16 Escalators, Seven Lifts for Indian Holy Site Skywalk

Sixteen escalators and seven lifts are part of a 460-m skywalk planned outside Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib in Amritsar in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, The Tribune reports. Amritsar Smart...

Knowsley Delivers Platform Lift to Liverpool Dock Office

Knowsley Lift Services Ltd., headquartered in Liverpool, recently installed a platform lift at the Port of Liverpool Building (commonly known as the Dock Office) for client property manager CRBE. Providing...

(l-r) Chaim Grunfeld and Chaim Berkowicz of SIMSINLifts; image courtesy of SIMSINLifts

SIMSINLifts To Unveil Emergency Telephone Service at LIFTEX

interlift venue Messe Nürnberg; image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

Innovations To Take Spotlight at interlift 2025

Guerrero

TEI Group Names Guerrero As South Florida VP

Image courtesy of MP Ascensores

Spain’s MP Ascensores Secures Financing to Fuel Strategy

Wen

KONE Appoints Wen As EVP Procurement and Board Member