South Carolina

In Memoriam: Paul T. Beisser

Paul T. Beisser, who began his distinguished career in the elevator industry as an International Union of Elevator Constructors helper in 1962, passed away on August 20 at age 84....

New South Carolina Elevator Company Opens

Licensed electrician Cameron Raybourne recently announced the official opening of his new company, Alchemy Elevator. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, the business will serve South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia,...

Southern Elevator Transitions Ownership to Plexus Capital

Southern Elevator, a prominent elevator maintenance, modernization and repair services provider serving clients throughout the Carolinas and in Richmond and Roanoke, Virginia, has transitioned ownership to an investor group led...

Metro Elevator Buys Richmond, Virginia, Building

The Virginia division of Metro Elevator recently purchased 2000 East Grace Street in Richmond, a nearly 11,000-ft2 building, for US$1.2 million, Richmond BizSense reports. The deal closed in mid-May. Based...

Otis’ Florence Factory Achieves Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Certification

Otis' Florence, South Carolina, factory achieved Gold-level Total Resource and Use Efficiency (TRUE) certification for its zero waste efforts, the company announced on December 21. The plant is the first...

Otis Celebrates 10th Anniversary of South Carolina Factory

Otis celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 500,000-ft2 Florence, South Carolina, factory, on November 1. Since starting production on November 1, 2012, the factory has gone from "having one machine...

Otis Factory Earns Highest South Carolina Safety Designation

Otis' North American Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Florence, South Carolina, recently received the Palmetto Shining Star Award from the South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state...

ETI Names Falahee Director of Project Management

Elevated Technologies Inc. (ETI), an elevator maintenance, modernization, construction and repair company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, has named Lisa Falahee director of project management. Falahee is charged with improving...

EU Takes Part in Facilities Conference

Board members of Elevator U (EU) took part in the SRAPPA 2018 Conference, held in October 2018 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, South Carolina. SRAPPA, the Southeastern Regional Association...

Canopy over the escalator at the Embarcadero station; image courtesy of BART

BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates

Pankrác metro station platform; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Year-Long Construction Closes Two Prague Metro Stations

The station is served by Schindler escalators; photo by Marc A. Hermann for the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

NYC LIRR Among “Most Beautiful for Interior Design”

At the Royal Palace of Naples, an interactive virtual elevator transports you through four centuries of life in the palace; image via Finestre sull’ Arte.

Royal Palace of Naples Introduces Interactive Virtual Elevator Exhibit

DLF The Arbour; image courtesy of DLF

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India