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1916 Elevator in Missouri Courthouse Closed for Repairs
A more-than-100-year-old cage elevator serving the Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, Missouri, is closed so it can undergo vital repairs, The Joplin Globe reports. The courthouse was built in 1894,...
Multiplex UK Tapped To Build City of London’s Newest Tower
Multiplex UK has been tapped by AXA IM Alts to build the City of London's newest skyscraper — the 36-story 60,400-m2 office tower 50 Fenchurch Street, Construction News reports. Located...
MET Receives CSR Award for Social Empowerment Program
Mitsubishi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd., (MET), recently received the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2024 in the "Social Empowerment" category, the Bangkok Post reports. The award recognized the company’s continuous...
IEEE USA E-Book Fifth in Series Showcasing Women Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) USA has released a new e-book featuring the story of Judith Resnick, a female engineer and member of the Space Shuttle Challenger...
25-Year-Old Falls to Her Death Down Elevator Shaft in Italy
A 25-year-old woman fell four stories down an empty elevator shaft to her death in Fasano, southern Italy, on July 1, Unilad is among outlets to report. The incident occurred...
Missing Bolts Led To Deadly Stockholm Elevator Collapse
Missing bolts caused a construction elevator to collapse in a Stockholm, Sweden, suburb in December 2023, killing five people, the Swedish Investigation Authority determined, the Associated Press is among outlets...
Noble Elevator System for Lower East Side Mixed-Use Building
Noble Elevator Co., Inc. Vice President Thomas Dutton tells ELEVATOR WORLD Noble provided a three-elevator system for 139 Bowery, a 14-story mixed-use building on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The elevators...
Germany’s Alois Kasper Expands Footprint With Acquisition
Alois Kasper GmbH, founded in 1945 in the western German state of Saarland, announced it has acquired Trierer Aufzugbau Baasch und Didong GmbH, further expanding its footprint in the Saarland-Rhine-Main...
EW U.S. Office Closed for Fourth of July
The U.S. office of Elevator World, Inc., will be closed for the U.S. Fourth of July holiday on Thursday, July 4. It will reopen on Friday, July 5.
Fatality Registered in India Apartment Building
A 68-year-old man died after he accidentally slipped and fell into an elevator pit in Hyderabad, India, on July 2, The Siasat Daily reports. According to reports, it is suspected...
