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TKE’s IQC in Atlanta Achieves 100% Renewable Electricity

Through a green tariff and a partnership with energy supplier Cobb Electric Membership Corp., TK Elevator (TKE) has achieved 100% renewable electricity at its Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) in...

31-Elevator TKE Installation Boasts High-Tech Features

TK Elevator (TKE) announced completion of a 31-elevator system serving Midtown Union in Atlanta, a development that includes an office tower, the Mira at Midtown residential tower and the Kimpton...

Elevated Facility Services Group Names New CFO

Elevated Facility Services Group, a large non-union independent provider of elevator maintenance, repair and modernization services, has named Thorsten Koch as its new chief financial officer (CFO), businesswire reports. As...

NAEC Adds Two Team Members

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) recently added two new team members: Certification Manager Mary Beth O'Hara and IT/Office Administrator Dee Mobley. A resident of Winder, Georgia, O'Hara studied...

Savage Wright Group Acquires PTL Equipment

Independent investor Savage Wright Group announced on May 1 it has acquired PTL Equipment, a provider of elevator and escalator fixture components to the U.S. and international markets. The acquisition...

TKE IQC Atlanta Earns LEED Gold Certification

TK Elevator's (TKE) Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC), part of its new North American headquarters in Atlanta that includes the tallest elevator test tower in North America, achieved the U.S....

TKE On Annual List Of World’s Most Innovative Companies

TK Elevator (TKE) has been named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies 2022, the OEM announced on March 8. TKE was ranked No. 7 out of...

Urban Elevator Service Announces Transitions Down South

Urban Elevator Service, headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, with at least 11 locations nationwide, recently announced an appointment and a promotion in Georgia and Tennessee, respectively. In Georgia, Kenny Hays has...

Elevator Death Prompts Proposed Tougher Law In Georgia

The death of a teenager in an Atlanta elevator has Georgia state lawmakers pushing a law that will increase the penalty fee on past-due repairs, WRDW reports. The teen, hoping to...

TKE Debuts North American HQ With IQC And Test Tower In Atlanta

TK Elevator (TKE) formally opened its new North American headquarters at The Battery (home of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves) on February 9 with facility tours, speeches by dignitaries including...

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir