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Paris and Manchester are among busy cities for the industry.

70-Plus KONE Elevators for Grand Paris Express Metro KONE has been selected by Société du Grand Paris (SGP) to provide more than 70 elevators to Line 15 of the Grand...

Large metro orders join completions of factory and tower.

Metro Jobs for KONE Jinan Metro Line R2: 107 Escalators KONE will deliver 107 escalators to the first phase of the Metro Line R2 in Jinan, the company announced in...

The Chestnut Street corridor is hot, reports Philadelphia YIMBY.

Medical, Office Towers for Downtown Jefferson Health plans to build a 400-ft-tall medical and a 329-ft-tall residential tower in the 1100 block of Chestnut Street in the Market East neighborhood....

Residences, stores, hotel rooms on the drawing board.

City Approves Plan for 56-Story Downtown Tower City officials have approved a plan for a 56-story mixed-use tower in the city’s downtown, Connect California reported on August 20. The plan,...

A partnership and an honor

Collaboration With Georgia Tech BAC thyssenkrupp Elevator has partnered with the Business Analytics Center (BAC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business in Atlanta to “apply business...

New York YIMBY news: activity remains brisk in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.

“Tremendous Addition to Midtown Skyline” Reaches Milestone Construction on One Vanderbilt, a 77-story supertall office tower described as a “tremendous addition to the Midtown skyline,” reached a milestone in July...

Changes afoot in the Northeast.

Arcline/Jersey Elevator, D&D and Kencor Arcline Investment Management, a private-equity firm with offices in San Francisco and NYC, has invested in two independent elevator companies and acquired a third. On...

Employment-Guaranteed Training for Inexperienced Young Engineers Offered by AKE

AKE Elevator, which operates at Antalya Organized Industrial Zone, offers training and employment opportunities for 40 engineers each year through “AKE-MEP Project, Employment-Guaranteed Training for Inexperienced Young Engineers.” AKE initiated...

Tax Deduction Allowed for Companies That Spend Money on R&D

The Ministry of Industry and Technology has made an arrangement meant to encourage investor companies that benefit from the project-based government stimulus package to allocate resources for R&D activities. In...

Elevator Industry Covıd-19 Survey Results Analysis

Elevator World, Inc., the German elevator association VFA Interlift e.V. and fair organizer AFAG, in association with Credit Suisse, recently shared results of a survey of elevator industry representatives on...

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