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Small Alaskan City Welcomes Its First Escalator
Sitka, a small city in southeastern Alaska, is welcoming its first escalator with a new unit being installed on August 26 at the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, KCAW reports. The...
NFL Players Rescued From Dallas Hotel Elevator
Several National Football League (NFL) Los Angeles Chargers players and staff got stuck in a hotel elevator on August 23 and had to be rescued by the Dallas Fire Department,...
Hotel Tower Converted to Student Housing in San Jose
San Jose State University (SJSU) in California converted a 13-story tower that formerly housed the Signia by Hilton Hotel into student housing, ABC 7 reports. SJSU formally opened Spartan Village...
Brothers Launches LiftLogic Advising
Brittany Brothers recently announced on LinkedIn the launch of LiftLogic Advising, a platform dedicated to providing sales and business development guidance for companies in the vertical-transportation (VT) industry. LiftLogic Advising...
Cibes Lift Group Acquires Nashville-Based Lift Distributor
Cibes Lift Group has announced the acquisition of HomeLift LLC, a Nashville, Tennessee-based distributor specializing in vertical platform lifts for residential customers. This acquisition marks another step in Cibes' ongoing...
Six New Elevators From Mid-American For NYC MTA Stations
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD the elevator subcontractor for three new elevators each at the 14th Street 6th and 7th Avenue stations in Manhattan, NYC, was...
San Francisco-Based VT Consultant and Expert Witness Honored
Robert P. Cotton, a San Francisco-based vertical-transportation (VT) consultant and expert litigation witness with more than 40 years' experience, has been recognized by the International Association of Who's Who as...
KONE Provides Two New MRLs as Part of Tribeca Fire Restoration
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided two MonoSpace® 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevators to 27 Park Place, a five-story commercial building in Tribeca, Manhattan, NYC, that was heavily damaged in...
Wyoming City Taps KONE for Arena Elevator Repairs
The City Council in Casper, Wyoming, amended a contract with the city’s elevator maintenance provider, KONE, to include repair of the passenger elevator serving the Ford Wyoming Center multipurpose area,...
Otis Marks Second Year of Workplace Inclusion Recognition
Otis Worldwide Corp. announced on August 20 it has been recognized as a leader in creating and promoting an inclusive work culture in the U.S. by Seramount — a professional...
