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Hong Kong MTR Reports 430 Escalator Incidents In Nine Months
Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR) reported 430 escalator incidents for the first nine months of 2024, representing a 20% decrease compared to the same period in 2023, Dimsum Daily reports. Incidents...
New York Build To Include Elevator Companies And Suppliers
New York Build 2025 Expo, the largest construction and design show for NYC, is set to include numerous elevator companies and suppliers. The show, planned on March 12-13, 2025, at...
NEII Provides Code Development Update
National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) provided a code development update. On the ASME A17/CSA B44Â Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, the A17 Standards Committee met in October and finalized several...
Indian State Rolls Out Lift Registration Portal
The state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in north central India has launched a lift registration portal that aims to simplify the process of registering lifts and escalators to ensure they...
Schindler Designates National Elevate Day
Schindler announced today that it has established November 8 of each year as National Elevate Day. Officially recognized by the National Day Archives and also known as Elev-8 Day —...
Elevator Escalator Safety Week on November 11-15
National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) and the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) ask vertical-transportation (VT) industry members to remember that Elevator Escalator Safety Week is on November 11-15. Held each...
Seattle’s Sound Transit To Install 58 New VT Units
Sound Transit in Seattle plans to replace 58 aging vertical-transportation (VT) units with new elevators and escalators, KING 5 is among outlets to report. Upgrades target four downtown stations: the...
Dynasty Elevator President Mezzo Joins NYBMA BoD
The New York Building Managers’ Association (NYBMA) announced Dynasty Elevator President John Mezzo has accepted a nomination to join the association’s Board of Directors (BoD). As one of New York...
Interlift 2025 Preparations Underway for Nuremberg Event
Preparations are already well underway for interlift 2025, planned on October 14-17, 2025, at Messe Nürnberg in Nuremberg, Germany, organizer AFAG Messen und Austellungen GmbH announced. There are already approximately...
Mid-American Provides Two ADA Elevators For NYC MTA Station
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD that Mid-American Elevator provided two new elevators for the 14th Street 123 subway station in Manhattan, NYC. Unveiled on November 3,...
