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Marine Innovations Names Magana Elevator Inspector

Inclined elevator installer Marine Innovations announces the addition of Omar Magana as elevator inspector with the Frazee, Minnesota-based company. This addition will expand Marine Innovations’ inclined elevator expertise, performing inspections...

Keystone Announces VDA’s Acquisition of Sierra Consulting

Keystone Capital Management, L.P., recently announced its portfolio company, Hanover, New Jersey-based VDA, Inc., has acquired Sierra Consulting Group. VDA is a marketing-leading provider of vertical-transportation (VT) consulting and inspection...

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Elevator World is constantly working to provide the latest news and information about the vertical-transportation industry. It is important for the industry to understand the key factors currently affecting North...

Amazon HQ2 Gets OK For Construction To Start In Virginia

One of Amazon’s HQ2 buildings, a spiral-shaped glass structure called The Helix in Arlington, Virginia, is ready for construction to begin, dezeen reports. The tower, designed by architecture studio NBBJ, will become Amazon's second headquarters...

Elevators, Escalators To Be Installed At Chennai Railway Station

The Mambalam railway station is one of the busiest passenger stations in Chennai, India, and a number of residents seek easy and faster access to all the platforms, The Hindu reports. A...

Alabama Airport Work To Include Elevators, Escalators

Officials with the Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Alabama, are planning site improvements led mainly by enhancing Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance with upgrades that include new elevators and...

3Phase Acquires Commercial Portfolio From Southeast And Partners

Canton, Massachusetts-headquartered 3Phase Elevator, a leading elevator and escalator service company, has partnered with Southeast Elevator to service Southeast’s commercial maintenance and service customers, the companies announced on April 28....

Hitachi Elevator Provides 219 VT Units to Four Chinese Hospitals

Guangzhou, China-headquartered Hitachi Elevator provided 219 pieces of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment to four hospitals in Beijing, Hefei and Suzhou, China, Equal Ocean reports. At the Chengnan Campus of Peking University...

TKE Launches MAX Link Communications in North America

­TK Elevator (TKE) has launched MAX Link Voice and Multimedia digital emergency communication services, providing two-way voice, video and text messaging between passengers and emergency personnel, the company announces. Available...

Cibes Lift Group Acquires Bella Elevator

Cibes Lift Group, headquartered in Gävle, Sweden, will strengthen its U.S. presence with the planned acquisition of Bella Elevator, LLC, manufacturer of Symmetry Elevating Solutions. The deal is set to...

(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

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Spain’s MP Ascensores Secures Financing to Fuel Strategy

Wen

KONE Appoints Wen As EVP Procurement and Board Member