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Maintenance Worker Rescued From Elevator in California

California fire department crews rescued a person stuck in an elevator at a cement plant in the Lebec area on Monday while performing maintenance on it, Bakersfield Now reports. On January 21,...

Costs For San Diego Government Tower Elevator Repairs Soar

San Diego City Council members approved a contract extension with Otis that adds US$1 million to the original US$3 million budget for emergency repairs to the elevators serving the Civic...

BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates

In a recent press release, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) shared its top accomplishments from this year in enhancing customer experience, improving safety and cleanliness, and investing in the future,...

Liftech Elevator Partners With Axxiom Elevator

Liftech Elevator has partnered with Axxiom Elevator, a rapidly expanding independent elevator services company doing business across Arizona, California, Florida and the Washington D.C. area. Liftech Elevator Service was founded in...

Oakland Passes Residential Elevator Maintenance Ordinance

In July, Oakland, California, Councilmember Carroll Fife co-sponsored an ordinance requiring operators of residential properties with elevators to maintain elevators in an operable condition, according to the City of Oakland. The...

California Park Gets Elevator For Accessibility

School Park Preserve in downtown Auburn, California, is receiving some updates, including an elevator, which will be used to help people reach the top of the park where the pickleball...

AES Introduces U.S. Regional Sales Managers

Alliance Elevator Solutions (AES), headquartered in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, announced sales managers for three U.S. regions. Adam Engman has been promoted to Southeast regional sales manager. Engman joined AES approximately two...

Northern California Elevator Industry Group to Relaunch

Northern California Elevator Industry Group (NCEIG), which closed its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to relaunch in November, NCEIG President Frank Fletcher tells ELEVATOR WORLD. The nonprofit organization...

KONE Agrees to Acquire Sacramento-Based Capitol Elevator

KONE announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sacramento, California-based Capitol Elevator, a family-owned and -operated business that has been in the elevator industry for more than 50...

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...

EIT Oxford Interdisciplinary Research and Development campus; image courtesy of Foster + Partners

Otis to Install 18 VT Units at New EIT Oxford Campus

The Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi; image courtesy of Visit Jackson

Nine New VT Units for Mississippi Capital Airport

OTIS LOWERS EARNINGS EXPECATIONS ON CONTINUED WEAK DEMAND IN CHINA

Otis Lowers Earnings Expectations on Continued Weak Demand in China

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In Memoriam: James Mikel “Jim” Brown

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