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Witham Named Branch Manager at Authorized Elevator

Dustin Witham has been named branch manager at Authorized Elevator, a St. Louis-based elevator service company that employs experienced technicians from the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 3 in...

ATIS Makes Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies List

St. Louis-headquartered ATIS, providing vertical-transportation (VT) consulting, management and inspection services across North America, has made the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately held companies in America. Companies on...

Otis India Expanding Bengaluru Manufacturing Capabilities

Otis India announced on August 28 it is expanding the capacity and capabilities of its Bengaluru manufacturing facility. The expansion will help Otis India meet growing demand for elevators and...

Ryan Ellis, Southern Elevator Spotlight Suicide Prevention Month

Ryan Ellis and the Southern Elevator Co. have joined forces to raise awareness for National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, which begins one day after the green flag drops at Darlington...

Small Alaskan City Welcomes Its First Escalator

Sitka, a small city in southeastern Alaska, is welcoming its first escalator with a new unit being installed on August 26 at the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, KCAW reports. The...

Elevator Digital Media Forum to be Held in Vietnam

MMA Global, Chicilon Media and Kantar Media will host "Leading the New Era of Advertising: Building Elevator Digital Media," a forum on trends and insights in elevator digital media, in...

CECA/ACEA Eastern Region Meetings Set for Coming Year

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA)/Association Canadienne des Entrepreneurs en Ascenseurs (ACEA) has set its Eastern Region meetings for the remainder of 2024 and the coming year. The next meeting...

NFL Players Rescued From Dallas Hotel Elevator

Several National Football League (NFL) Los Angeles Chargers players and staff got stuck in a hotel elevator on August 23 and had to be rescued by the Dallas Fire Department,...

Hotel Tower Converted to Student Housing in San Jose

San Jose State University (SJSU) in California converted a 13-story tower that formerly housed the Signia by Hilton Hotel into student housing, ABC 7 reports. SJSU formally opened Spartan Village...

Brothers Launches LiftLogic Advising

Brittany Brothers recently announced on LinkedIn the launch of LiftLogic Advising, a platform dedicated to providing sales and business development guidance for companies in the vertical-transportation (VT) industry. LiftLogic Advising...

2601 Elliott Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood; image courtesy of Google Maps

Vanbarton Looks Beyond NYC To Seattle for Potential Conversion

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CECA Calls For Votes For Supplier Director

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LIFTEX 2025 To Showcase Latest Innovations in Lift Technology

The 106-story Franck Muller Aeternitas Tower in Dubai Marina; image courtesy of KONE

KONE To Equip Dubai Residential Supertall With 38 VT Units

The meeting of the newly christened Elevate-HER is planned at the Niagara Falls Convention Centre; image courtesy of niagarafallstourism.com.

CECA’s Women’s Group Introduces New Name: Elevate-HER