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Nine New VT Units for Mississippi Capital Airport
The Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi, will be getting nine new vertical-transportation (VT) units this year, The Northside Sun reports. The US$5.3-million project, which includes replacing all four escalators...
Modern Elevator Units for NYC MTA Accessibility Upgrade
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced in January that the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station in Woodhaven, Queens, is now fully accessible with two street-to-platform elevators manufactured and installed by...
Champion Elevator Welcomes Guarino as Chief Sales Officer
Champion Elevator Corp., headquartered in Manhattan, NY, has welcomed Robert Guarino as chief sales officer. Prior to joining Champion, Guarino held management and sales leadership roles at companies including Johnson...
Start Elevator’s O’Shea Discusses 2025 Business Drivers, Challenges
Jack O'Shea, owner and president of Bronx, NY-based Start Elevator, recently discussed with ELEVATOR WORLD what's driving business and creating challenges for his company in 2025. With a roughly equal...
NAESA Accepting Nominations for Eastern Region Chair
NAESA International invites members in good standing to apply to be nominated as chair of the Eastern Region, a position currently held by Christopher M. Dodds of ATIS. The deadline...
ECNY Announces Upcoming 2025 Events
The Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) Board of Directors (BoD) has announced ECNY 2025 events and the deadline for scholarship application submissions, which is March 14. The first event...
Cress Returns to VT Industry as Metro Elevator Houston VP
After spending nearly two years as a strategic account executive with Johnson Controls, Colby Cress announced he has returned to the vertical-transportation (VT) industry as vice president (VP) of Metro...
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,...
Rhode Island Theater Balcony Now Accessible For All
The United, a theater in Westerly, Rhode Island, held a “lift-off” ceremony in late December to officially christen its new elevator, which is now handicap accessible, The Westerly Sun reports....
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...
