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Robots Integrate With Otis Elevators at MMUH in U.K.
Otis’ New Equipment team enabled the integration of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), or robots, with seven of 28 Otis elevators serving the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) in Smethwick...
NAESA New York Elevator Mechanic Seminar Coming Up in Blauvelt
Elevator Conference of New York reminds interested parties that NAESA International will offer a one-day, in-person Code Update Seminar for New York state-licensed elevator mechanics on January 15 in Blauvelt, NY. All...
U.K.’s HSE Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) celebrated its 50th Anniversary on January 1, half a century after its official launch on the first day of 1975. The HSE was...
KONE VT for Resort and Commercial Hub in Cambodia
KONE announced on January 9 it was awarded a comprehensive vertical-transportation (VT) contract by Chinese foreign-investment firm Peninsula Bay Investment Co., Ltd., to provide a suite of People Flow® solutions to...
Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens New Regional Head Office
Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co., Ltd. opened a new regional head office, in Kita Shinetsu, in Nagano, Japan, on January 1, 2025, the Business Insider reports. The company aims to enhance its...
Demolition Complete To Make Way for Five Brooklyn Towers
Demolition is complete at 275 Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown Brooklyn, NY, to make way for a conjoined series of five 27-story, 293-ft-tall towers containing 350 residences, New York YIMBY reported earlier...
Peterlin Named VDA SVP of Regional Operations
VDA Inc., headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, announced in January it has named Jim Peterlin as senior vice president (SVP) of Regional Operations, overseeing the Northwest, West, Southwest, Midwest,...
Lift AI Acquires eMCP to “Transform Elevator Maintenance and Management”
Lift AI, based in Detroit, announced on January 7 it has acquired Tennessee-headquartered eMCP LLC, a pioneer in automated maintenance control programs (MCPs) for elevators. The acquisition expands Lift AI’s...
Connecticut Elevator Issue Ends in Promise of Restoration
In Westport, Connecticut, accessibility issues in the community have become a main focus, led by the contentious remodeling plans of an elevator for the Inn at Longshore, the Westport Journal...
1981 Manhattan Office Tower To Convert to Residential
A little over year after a 1981 office tower in Midtown East Manhattan, NYC, underwent an extensive makeover, it is now poised to be among the first such towers to...
