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Year-Long Construction Closes Two Prague Metro Stations

Prague Transport Company (DPP) announced that the Českomoravská and Pankrác metro stations in Prague will close on January 6 for approximately a year for construction of extensive upgrades, reports Radio Prague...

NYC LIRR Among “Most Beautiful for Interior Design”

Grand Central Madison, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station on Manhattan, NY’s East Side, was awarded UNESCO's 2024 Prix Versailles Interior Award in the World's Most Beautiful Passenger Station...

Royal Palace of Naples Introduces Interactive Virtual Elevator Exhibit

Starting December 19, the Royal Palace of Naples in Italy is offering visitors The King’s Elevator, an interactive video installation that takes visitors through four centuries of the history of...

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India

Otis India announced on December 18 it has been selected by DLF to provide a comprehensive vertical-transportation (VT) package for DLF The Arbour, a luxury residential development that includes five...

Alimak Invests in Robotics Technology for Building Maintenance

Alimak Group and Skyline Robotics announced a five-year exclusive agreement on December 19 to develop automated Building Maintenance Units, or BMUs, for permanent façade access. Sweden-headquartered Alimak, which also designs...

Three Stuck in Elevator Shaft in Seattle Rescued

Three people were stuck in an elevator hundreds of feet from an access point in a high-rise apartment building in Seattle, Washington, on December 12, MSN reports. The occupants were stuck near...

Closings for Christmas

The offices of Elevator World, Inc. will be closed on December 24 and 25 for the Christmas Holiday. They will open for regular business hours on December 26.

Second ISEE Sees Success, Upcoming Events Announced

The International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators and Escalators (ISEE) 2024, concluded on December 7 on a high note at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India, the Press Trust of India reports....

KONE Launches High-Rise MiniSpace DX Elevator in India

Days after launching it in Southeast Asia, KONE launched its High-Rise MiniSpaceTM DX elevator in India on December 13. The elevator caters to the trends of building taller and modernizing existing...

Record Sale Marks Turnaround for Striking Manhattan Towers

The sale of Penthouse 36 at One High Line, the pair of 402- and 302-ft-tall twisting towers designed by Bjark Ingels Group (BIG) at 500 West 18th Street in Chelsea,...

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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus

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Unsworth Joins LML Lift Consultants Senior Consultant

This July will mark 40 years since the beginning of Wurtec; image courtesy of Wurtec

Wurtec Celebrating 40th Anniversary

HydraSafe surveyed 17 elevators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with partner Claddagh, which will be providing a control system for single-plunger code compliance; photo by Hugo Schneider for Wikipedia.

HydraSafe Brake: NYC Training, a Move and a New Hire

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Hotels Prepare to Implement Recent Elevator Code Revisions