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Connecticut Apartment Plan To Add Elevators
The developers promoting a new apartment plan in Monroe, Connecticut, have approved requested changes that will cut the number of buildings from eight to seven, increase the number of residential...
Pearl Harbor Museum Opens With Upgraded Elevator
After being closed for years, the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, is set to reopen the historic Ford Island Control Tower on Memorial Day, the museum reports. The...
2nd Annual Elevator Champions For Charity Coming Up
The 2nd annual Elevator Champions for Charity (ECC) golf outing is planned on July 18 at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, New York. Registration, including brunch, starts at 10...
TKE Launches Max In Singapore
TK Elevator (TKE) has launched MAX, its cloud-based, Internet of Things, predictive-maintenance platform for elevators, escalators and moving walks, in Singapore, TKE announced on May 24. Smart Maintenance will be...
Cladding Going Up on Unique Hotel on Caspian Sea in Baku
Despite windy conditions on the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, cladding is progressing nicely on the 36-story, 166-m-tall offshore Crescent Hotel, part of the mixed-use Crescent Bay complex, architect Pinar...
KONE Establishes Tunisia Branch Through Acquisition
KONE celebrated the opening of its first branch in Tunisia earlier this month. The branch came about through the acquisition of the elevator business of Sotualem Ascenseurs SA, based in...
Niculae Joins Element Elevators as Director of Special Projects
Following his father, Dan Niculae, joining Richmond Hill, Canada-based Element Elevators as vice president of engineering, Andrei Niculae now joins the company as director of special projects. In this new...
In Memoriam: Antonio GarcÃa de Alvear
MP Lifts, headquartered in Seville, Spain, with a global presence, mourns the loss of colleague Antonio GarcÃa de Alvear, who passed away on May 19. With more than 30 years...
New Renderings of Anticipated Detroit Tower Development
Dan Gilbert, the billionaire developer behind the ambitious redevelopment of the Hudson's Department Store site in downtown Detroit, recently released updated renderings, including one showing escalators, the Detroit Free Press...
VT Repair for Malaysia LRT Impacted by China Lockdown
Repair and maintenance of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment serving Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd’s light rail transit (LRT) and other stations in Malaysia are being impacted by the lockdown in China, since...
