U.S. News
AEG Releases “Rise: The Untapped Potential of Women in the Elevator Industry”
American Elevator Group (AEG), the largest group of independent elevator service providers in the U.S., released “RISE: The Untapped Potential of Women in the Elevator Industry,” on September 19. The...
FabACab Welcomes Coers to Sales Team
FabACab, headquartered in Middletown, Indiana, recently welcomed Evan Coers to its team as a sales representative. Coers graduated from Ball State University Miller College of Business in Middletown with a...
Michigan Senators Introduce Bills in Response to Elevator Outages
Michigan Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) and Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) have announced legislation to address elevator outages at apartment buildings in Michigan to help ensure building safety and accessibility for tenants,...
Vantage Provides New HW Machines for L.A. Project
Vantage Elevator Solutions West provided five new Hollister-Whitney (HW) GLV-40D1 gearless machines for Total Access Elevator, a large independent serving the greater Los Angeles area, for a major modernization project...
CPSC, thyssenkrupp Access Settle Home Elevator Lawsuit
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and thyssenkrupp Access Corp., (TKA) based in Grandview, Missouri, have settled an administrative lawsuit CPSC filed in July 2021 involving home elevators sold...
Standard Elevator Systems Renamed Hyperion Solutions
Standard Elevator Systems (SES) announced on September 16 it has been renamed Hyperion Solutions, introduced a new logo and motto — "Prepare to Elevate Expectations" — and launched a new...
Florida 47-Story Mixed-Use Tower Design Revealed
New York-based architecture studio ODA has revealed the design of a new 47-story mixed-use tower in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Arch Daily reports. The project comprises 830 residential units, while also...
Ground Broken on Texas’ Tallest Building
Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed a 311-m mixed-use tower in downtown Austin that will become Texas’ tallest building when it opens in late 2026, Arch Daily reports. Targeting LEED Gold...
Elevators to Enhance Accessibility at SEPTA Station in Philadelphia
A lane on northbound Broad Street in South Philadelphia will be shut down by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) through spring 2024 to install elevators and perform other upgrades...
KONE Retires Older DC Elevator Drive Equipment
KONE Americas announced it is retiring its ReSolve with Unity DC drive product, effective September 6. No longer modernizing older DC gearless machines, KONE now offers customers machine replacements with...
