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CECA MCP database kickstarted; four more high rises slated for Toronto.
CECA Inks Deal With Lift AI to Build MCP Database The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) announced in June it awarded a contract to build the CECA maintenance control program...
Schindler gets a new leader; Otis and Hitachi win contracts.
Ramachandran Named President of Schindler India, South Asia Ashok Ramachandran has been named president of Schindler India and South Asia, filling the role most recently held by Uday Kulkarni, who...
Work abounds across the region.
Hitachi Elevator Receives Biggest Thailand Order for Airport Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd. received its biggest order to date in Thailand to supply 53 elevators, 83 escalators and 38 moving...
Large projects on the way for Shanghai, Kunming.
KONE Wins 268-Unit Order for Shanghai Metro Line 15 KONE announced in July that it will deliver 268 escalators and elevators to Shanghai’s newest Metro Line 15, which, once completed...
Beach development, market-rate high rise set to come to Southern California.
L.A. Committee Approves High Rise With Market-Rate Condos The Los Angeles City Council’s planning and land-use- management committee approved plans for a 41-story tower at Figueroa and Eighth streets. The...
Private elevators, KONE VT in Miami towers
Hadid-Designed 62-Story Tower With KONE VT System Opens The 62-story One Thousand Museum, the late Zaha Hadid’s final residential tower in the U.S. (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2018), is open in...
Industry veteran honored at one golf tournament; elevator company holds another.
45th Annual Pop/Joe Golf Outing Honors Witham National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) Deputy Director Teresa Witham was presented with the Gene Frohlinger Distinguished Service Award at the 45th Annual...
Elevators, new construction across the Garden State
Casino Celebrates Amenities, Including Revamped Elevators Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, held a first-anniversary celebration that included a ribbon-cutting for new amenities, including a pair of service...
Acquisitions, expansions and more make up September’s business news.
thyssenkrupp Acquires Longtime Distributor O’Keefe thyssenkrupp Elevator has acquired Omaha, Nebraska-based O’Keefe Elevator, which has more than 120 employees and been led by members of the O’Keefe family for more...
Buildings come down, others rise in the country’s largest city.
Largest Demolition Moving Along The largest demolition in NYC is moving along at 270 Park Avenue (ELEVATOR WORLD, January 2019 and May 2018). New scaffolding and netting have been installed...
