U.S. News

New Jersey Elevator Mishap That Occured in 2023 Heads to Court

A July 2023 incident in which a 5-year-old girl’s arm was injured as a result of it getting stuck between the elevator door and shaft on the seventh floor of...

Direct-Entry Residential Elevators Gaining Popularity in the U.S.

A symbol of privacy, exclusivity and efficiency, direct-entry elevators to transport residents straight to their homes in luxury towers are gaining popularity in the U.S., says the architect who pioneered...

KONE Monospace MRLs for Mid-Rise Buildings in Two NYC Boroughs

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided one MonoSpaceTM 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevator each to two new seven-story residential buildings in Flushing, Queens, and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. At 138-25 Barclay...

KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building

KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...

Wurtec’s Steve Wurth Among EY US Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Finalists

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year® 2024 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award on May 1, and Steve Wurth, founder/CEO of Toledo,Ohio-based...

“Cities in the Sky” Book Launch Reception on May 15 in NYC

A book launch reception is planned for May 15 from 6-8 p.m. at Rizzoli Book Store at 1133 Broadway between 25th and 26th streets in Manhattan, NYC, for “Cities in...

Access BDD Attends NDA Conference in Atlanta

Access BDD U.K. team members recently attended the annual Next Day Access (NDA) Conference in Atlanta. As one of NDA’s leading North American business partners, Access BDD showed its support...

Elevator Association of Minnesota Plans Annual Golf Outing

The Elevator Association of Minnesota (EAM) plans to host its annual Golf Outing on June 20 at The Links at Northfork Golf Course & Banquet Center. The event is from...

Baltimore-Based Monumental Supply Changes Hands

Monumental Supply Co. Inc., a Baltimore, Maryland-based business specializing in the distribution of products including a range of elevator supplies in Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic and the East Coast areas, has...

ATIS Welcomes Industry Veterans Robertson and Tragash

St. Louis-headquartered vertical-transportation (VT) consulting firm ATIS has announced the addition of industry veterans Steve Robertson and Eric Tragash. Robertson spent 38 years in all facets of the VT industry,...

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