Connecticut

Cibes Lift Group Acquires Elevator Service Co. To Strengthen U.S. Position

Cibes Lift Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Elevator Service Co., a full-service elevator contractor, to strengthen its position and create new business opportunities in the U.S. Following...

Otis Marks 170 Years Since First Elevator Sale

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont proclaimed September 20 Otis Elevator Day in recognition of the Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered company announcing the date marks 170 years since its first sale. The sale of...

UNITEC Announces the Retirement of John Farmer

UNITEC Parts Company recently announced that John Farmer is retiring after 31 years. Farmer joined UNITEC in August 2016. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the...

Otis Again Named a DiversityInc Noteworthy Company

Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered global OEM Otis has been named to the DiversityInc list of Noteworthy Companies for the third straight year. Washington, D.C.-based DiversityInc, a for-profit organization that promotes gender and...

Otis Volunteers Help Students Innovate To Mitigate Climate Change

Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered global OEM Otis recently highlighted an effort that involved more than 180 Otis volunteers and more than 230 students from 15 countries and territories brainstorming ways to mitigate...

Otis Publishes 2022 ESG Report

On April 6, Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered Otis published its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report, highlighting alignment with the global OEM's strategic operating imperatives of sustaining new equipment growth, accelerating...

World Elevator Day: Otis Shares Fun Facts

Dogs, cats, martinis, chocolate ice cream and, of course, elevators! In honor of World (not National) Elevator Day, our friends at Otis shared a few interesting facts: On March 23,...

Otis Again Among Fortune‘s Most Admired Companies

For the second consecutive year, Farmington, Connecticut-headquartered Otis is among 324 companies recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine, Otis announced on February 2. Based...

Elevator Malfunctions Plague Connecticut Town

Elevator malfunctions, including entrapments that required fire department intervention, are plaguing the town of Stamford, Connecticut, CT Examiner reports. The source illustrated the issue by highlighting a particular high-rise residential...

Connecticut Town Officials Expected To Approve Elevator

Town officials in New Canaan, Connecticut, are expected to discuss and approve an approximately US$2.5 million contract with a Ridgefield-based company to install an elevator in Waveny House, the New...

Base details at 107 Morgan Street; image courtesy of SLCE Architects

Mixed-Use High Rise Approved in Downtown Jersey City

The deadly incident has been attributed to “operator error”; image courtesy of goldminetours dot com.

“Operator Error” to Blame for Deadly Elevator Mishap in Colorado Mine

The meeting included a presentation on elevator door lock monitoring compliance by Argus Elevator; image courtesy of Omar Gil.

MESA Meeting Includes Door-Lock Monitoring Compliance Presentation

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The residential delivery robot; image courtesy of Hyundai Engineering

Hyundai Launches Residential Delivery Robots in South Korea