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Maryland’s Action Elevator Strengthens Its Mid-Atlantic Team

Action Elevator Co., a full-service elevator company headquartered in Millersville, Maryland, has strengthened its Mid-Atlantic team with the addition of Leslie Durakis as director of sales and marketing. With 10...

In Memoriam: Don Russell Fell

Although his company's products could be found globally and beyond — even in space in the form of FELLFAB® protective coverings for a Canadian-built robotic arm serving the International Space...

New Design Released For Edgewater Collective In Miami

Developer Kushner Cos. has revealed new renderings of a three-tower project called Edgewater Collective on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, The Next Miami reports. According to the renderings project, Edgewater Collective will now...

EMA Announces Merger With FlowCAD

Rochester, NY-based EMA Design Automation®, a full-service provider and innovator of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) systems solutions, announces it is expanding its global reach with the merger of EMA and...

Indian VT Consultancy PAPL Opens Second Office In Chennai

Krishna Kumar Ravi, president and CEO of Indian vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy PAPL Corp., recently announced that PAPL opened its second office in Chennai, which houses its design and inspection teams....

TKE Stairlift S200 Wins German Design Award

The stairlift S200 by TK Elevator (TKE) has been awarded the “Special Mention” by the prestigious German Design Award 2022 for excellent product design in the category “Medical Rehabilitation and...

Otis Plans 2022 Investor Day To Be Hosted Virtually

Otis Worldwide Corp. will deliver its 2022 Investor Day as a live webcast on February 15, the company announces. Otis President and CEO Judy Marks, along with members of the...

New Elevators, Escalators And More For Indian Railway Stations

Indian Member of Parliament (MP) Mohan Kundariya on January 9 inaugurated three escalators and one elevator at Rajkot Railway Station in the western Indian state of Gujarat, making it the...

Troubled San Francisco Tower Continues To Tilt, Settle

San Francisco's Millennium Tower, a 58-story residential high rise in the heart of downtown that has been the target of lawsuits over its sinking, tilting foundation, continues to tilt at...

Gossain Speaks With ET On Cost Increases And More

In a report by The Economic Times (ET), Amit Gossain, managing director, KONE Elevators India, said that “the increase in commodity prices is one of the biggest challenges today that the industry...

Deyaar's Downtown Residences; image courtesy of Deyaar

Deyaar Unveils Dubai Downtown Residences Project

The wooden escalator; image © TfL

Last Wooden Escalator in London Underground to be Replaced by Elevator

North America, which requires larger elevators, has some of the most expensive elevator costs in the world, according to the Saanich Council; photo by Martin Pechy via Wikimedia Commons.

Saanich Calls for British Columbia to Allow Smaller Elevators

3rd Avenue-149th street Station; image courtesy of LiftComm

LiftComm Enhances NYC MTA Station Elevator Safety, Security

CEO of EngineeringUK Dr. Hilary Leevers

EngineeringUK CEO Reacts To U.K. 2025 Spending Review