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Man In Life-Threatening Condition After Falling from Escalator in Toronto
A man who fell from a mall escalator in downtown Toronto was in life-threatening condition, City News reported. Police were called to the scene around 4 p.m. on July 19 and paramedics...
Vacation Rental Owners Urged to Disable Home Elevators
Following the July 11 death of a child in a North Carolina Outer Banks residential elevator, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acting Chairman Robert Adler, in a July 20 emailed...
LEIA Urges U.K. Government to Reassess Self-Isolation Rules
The U.K.’s Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has joined a call from industry sectors including retail, manufacturing and construction to re-examine current COVID-19 self-isolation rules, citing fear of a...
Otis Launches Embedded Systems CoE in Detroit
On the heels of announcing its newest elevator platforms, Otis said in July it is opening a new Embedded Systems Center of Excellence (CoE) in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills,...
Plans Submitted for Canary Wharf Skyscraper In London
Architectural design firm Maccreanor Lavington revealed designs for a 56-story skyscraper in London’s Canary Wharf, Architects’ Journal reports. Renderings show a bronze-clad building sporting a crown with a thin spire that will...
Canadian Border Reopens In Time For Ceca Golf Conference
Canada announced on July 19 that they are reopening their borders to fully vaccinated international travelers soon, 680 News was among outlets to report. The border, which has been closed since March...
Urban Elevator Expands Chicago Team
Urban Elevator Service, LLC, headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, named Henry Reed-Schertz its Chicago-based service manager, the company announced. A lifelong Midwesterner, Reed-Schertz earned both his BS and MBA from Purdue...
Singapore to Pay Bonuses to VT Technicians
Channel News Asia reports that Singapore's Tripartite Cluster for Lift and Escalator (TCLE) announced in July that vertical-transportation (VT) technicians in the country will receive mandatory bonuses of at least a month’s pay...
KONE Adds B2B Billing Service to U.S. Offices
Billtrust, a Trenton, New Jersey-based provider of B2B accounts receivable and integrated payments service, will now be used by KONE, the billing automation company announced on July 15. Billtrust’s invoicing platform...
Construction Begins on New Elevator Factory In Bosnia
Croatian elevator company Metus has launched the construction of an elevator factory in Bosnia, SeeNews reports. The factory, which is located in Tomislavgrad in the southwestern part of Bosnia, will specialize...
