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TK Elevator’s S200 Stairlift Wins 2021 Product Design Award
TK Elevator’s S200 stairlift has won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021, the company announced on April 14. After a five-year process conceived by Business Unit TK Home Solutions...
CTBUH Innovation Conference Registration Open
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) welcomes guests and interested parties to register for the 2021 Tall+Urban Innovation Conference, an event that will celebrate the best of tall-building design...
Car Elevators Part of Bentley Residences Plan in Florida
Each of the 200 residences in the planned 60-story Bentley Residences in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, will have a patented car elevator allowing residents to drive directly into their homes, Florida...
Otis Inaugural CSR Program Sparks Student Interest in Stem
Otis recently announced winners of its inaugural corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, Made to Move CommunitiesTM Global Student Challenge, in which student teams in nine countries worked virtually with Otis mentors...
TKE Uses MAX to Gauge COVID-19 Elevator Trends in U.S.
Using its cloud- and Internet of Things-based digital platform MAX, TKE introduced TK Elevator Index Powered by MAX — a monthly indicator of elevator activity across the U.S. — in...
Halesowen, England, Escalator Fall Injures Woman
A woman described as "elderly" visiting the Cornbow Shopping Centre in Halesowen, England, had to be rushed to Russells Hall hospital with "potentially serious injuries" after falling down an escalator, Halesowen...
Multitower Project Pushed for Downtown Toronto
A consortium of developers hopes to create a multitower, mixed-use project for a 16-acre rail corridor site in downtown Toronto, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported on April 9....
Bystanders Free Boy Stuck in Staten Island Mall Escalator
Approximately a dozen bystanders joined members of mall security and a K-9 police officer in attempts to free a boy’s leg stuck in an escalator at Staten Island Mall in...
IAEC Forum 2021 Orlando Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the International Association of Elevator Consultants (IAEC) Forum 2021 Orlando, scheduled June 29-July 2 at the Wyndham Grand Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort inside the Walt Disney...
In Memoriam: Martha Hulgan
Martha Hulgan, longtime friend of ELEVATOR WORLD, founding member of the Vertical Initiative for Elevator Escalator Women and owner of MMH & Associates, LLC, Elevator Consulting, passed away near her...
