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NAESA Announces 2024 Wisconsin Elevator Symposium

NAESA International will once again partner with the State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services to host the Elevator Symposium on September 12-13 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. NAESA...

Bonds Tapped to Lead Metro Elevator Texas

Metro Elevator has established Metro Elevator Texas, headquartered in Georgetown in central Texas, and has tapped industry veteran Rick Bonds to lead it. Bonds joins Metro Elevator from Lerch Bates...

Nidec Announces New Identity for Elevator Business

Nidec Corp. has announced a new, streamlined, unifying identity for its elevator business: Nidec Elevator, headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California. The business unit boasts a legacy of business brands, including...

Cibes Lift Group To Acquire Morning Star Elevator

Cibes Lift Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Colorado-based Morning Star Elevator, a leading distributor in the residential elevator and vertical platform lift segment. This strategic acquisition aims...

NYARM to Host Office-to-Residential Conversions Seminar

The New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM) plans to host an “Office-to-Residential Conversions” seminar on June 25 from 3:30-5 p.m. at Butcher & Banker on the vault level at...

API Group Completes Acquisition of Elevated Facility Services Group

Minnesota-headquartered APi Group Corp. on June 5 announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Tampa, Florida-headquartered Elevated Facility Services Group for approximately US$570 million from a fund managed...

Schindler’s Martin Joins ASME A17.1 Standards Committee

Norman Martin, a vertical-transportation industry professional with nearly 40 years' experience, has joined the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A17.1 Elevator and Escalator Main Committee as a voting member....

Lawsuit Casts Shadow Over Billionaires’ Row Supertall

A lawsuit filed by owners of condominiums in the 96-story, 1,296-ft-tall 432 Park Avenue on Billionaires' Row in Manhattan is casting a shadow over the future of one of the...

Rebuilt Schindler Escalators Now Serve BART Market Street Stations

On May 31 and 30, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) introduced a rebuilt escalator and a new canopy on Market Street at the Embarcadero and Montgomery stations, respectively, Hoodline was...

Otis Provides Six-Unit Elevator System for New Brooklyn Towers

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a six-unit elevator system for 420 Carroll Street, a two-tower residential development in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Domain Properties,...

AGVs that are able to integrate with elevators navigate the MMUH; image courtesy of Otis.

Robots Integrate With Otis Elevators at MMUH in U.K.

NAESA NEW YORK ELEVATOR MECHANIC SEMINAR COMING UP IN BLAUVELT

NAESA New York Elevator Mechanic Seminar Coming Up in Blauvelt

U.K.’S HSE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

U.K.’s HSE Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Designed by ADC, the mega development will include retail, dining, cultural and entertainment facilities, offices, serviced apartments and a five-star hotel; image courtesy of KONE.

KONE VT for Resort and Commercial Hub in Cambodia

JAPAN ELEVATOR SERVICE HOLDINGS OPENS NEW REGIONAL HEAD OFFICE

Japan Elevator Service Holdings Opens New Regional Head Office