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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...

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...

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...

Metro Elevator Opens in Office in Iowa

Delivering industry-leading elevator service for more than 40 years, Metro Elevator opened an office in Iowa this month, further strengthening its Midwest presence. Metro Elevator Iowa serves the entire state,...

Passion for Acting Leads to VT Career

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in aspiring actor Douglas Diaz Jr.'s part in the hit TV series Ozark being reduced to a single scene. What he thought would be his big break came...

Skyline Elevator System For New Brooklyn Residential Building

Skyline Elevators tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided an 11-stop, 3500-lb capacity elevator for 1615 Cedar Street, a new residential property with eight stories above ground in Midwood, Brooklyn, NY. The...

In Memoriam: David M. Childs

David M. Childs, the Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) architect best known for realizing One World Trade Center (WTC) and working with developer Larry Silverstein after 9/11 to rebuild Lower...

DOB Elevator Unit Inspects Coney Island Amusement Park

Every year ahead of the summer season, inspectors from the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) Elevator Unit head to Coney Island to inspect the amusement park rides to make sure...

Southern Elevator Again Partners With Ellis for Three Races

DGM Racing and Ryan Ellis have announced Southern Elevator Co.’s return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) with Ellis’ No. 71 Chevrolet Camaro carrying Southern Elevator’s colors at three races this season,...

Forte Completes Yankee Stadium Escalator Replacement

Forte Construction Corp. announced it completed a crucial escalator replacement at a key NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) station at the historic Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY, just ahead of...

Dubai; photo by GizmoPhotography for Pixabay

Luxury Residential Demand Soars in Dubai

GHMC TO FLOAT TENDERS FOR FOB MAINTENANCE

GHMC To Float Tenders for FOB Maintenance

SHORTS INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES TRADE PARTNERSHIP WITH BERNSTEIN LTD.

Shorts Industries Announces Trade Partnership With Bernstein Ltd.

(l-r) Dr. Ahmed Shalaby, co-founder, president and CEO of Tatweer Misr and João Penedo, Otis senior vice president for Iberia, Africa and the Middle East, during the signing of the agreement; image courtesy of Otis

Otis Partners With Tatweer Misr for Six Projects in Egypt

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada