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Schindler X8 Unveiled at Milan Design Week 2025

Schindler unveiled the Schindler X8 at Milan Design Week 2025, held on April 7-13 at Rho Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy. Offering unparalleled flexibility, it allows designers and architects to rethink layout,...

In Memoriam: Timothy Toan

Industry veteran Timothy Toan, founder of Chicago-based HydraSafe Brake, passed away in late March as a result of a freak accident at the shop. Responding to the need for an...

Southwest Elevator Welcomes South Florida Service Manager

Southwest Elevator Co., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announced in March it named Elisha Mueller as South Florida service manager, based in Miami. Mueller joins Southwest from Otis, where she...

ESI Names Regional Sales and Business Development Manager

Elevator Systems, Inc. (ESI) announced it named John Ghosn sales and business development manger for Chicago and the Midwest. With more than 30 years' experience in field sales and branch...

Four New KONE Escalators Coming to London DLR Station

Four new energy-efficient escalators connecting the three floors of the Cutty Sark Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in south-east London are expected to be in service by next spring, Rail...

Kings III Acquires LiftNet

Kings III Emergency Communications, a leading provider of emergency communications headquartered in Coppell, Texas, announced on April 2 it has acquired LiftNet, formerly a Hyperion Solutions brand. LiftNet is a...

U.K.’s VM Elevators Secures CHAS Elite Certification

VM Elevators, headquartered in Woodford, East London, U.K., announced in March it achieved CHAS Elite certification, the highest level of certification offered by Veriforce CHAS, the U.K.-based provider of compliance...

Schindler To Provide VT For Vancouver SkyTrain Expansion

Schindler announced on April 4 it will provide 40 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 20 elevators and 40 escalators — for the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project, a 16-km expansion of Metro...

DeSimone Acquires San Francisco-Based KP Elevator Consulting

DeSimone Consulting Engineering, headquartered in NYC, announced on April 2 it acquired San Francisco-based KP Elevator Consulting, part of an ongoing strategy to broaden its multi-service platform. The acquisition will...

KONE To Provide Escalators for Paris Metro Extension

KONE announced on April 3 it won an order to provide at least 84 escalators for five suburban stations on line 15 West of the Grand Paris Express Metro network....

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Alvarado Named GM of MEGA Elevator U.S. Facilities

Otis Integrated Dispatch integrates autonomous service robots with Otis elevators; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Integrates Robot and Elevators in New Zealand

SCHINDLER EXPECTS U.S. TARIFFS TO COST MILLIONS

Schindler Expects U.S. Tariffs to Cost Millions

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Escalator Repair Begins in Ukraine

Ribbon cutting for the Ahmedabad warehouse; image courtesy of Wittur India

Wittur India’s Ahmedabad Warehouse Completes First Dispatch