Public Safety
Florida-Based TRI-TRONICS To Close for Hurricane
Tampa, Florida-based TRI-TRONICS®, a manufacturer of robust, high-tech light screen elevator door control systems, announced its operations will close today through at least October 9 due to the anticipated impacts...
Hyundai Elevator Turns Away from Chinese Escalator Imports
With K-Escalator, its new joint venture (JV) with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), opening in September in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's Hyundai Elevator is reducing its reliance on escalators and...
A17.1 Standards Committee Code Week in Kansas City
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1 Standards Committee is holding Code Week on October 8-10 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Kansas City, Missouri. Open to the public,...
DSPS Determines Cause of Milwaukee Escalator Malfunction
Wisconsin’s Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) has determined the cause of a June 29 escalator malfunction at the American Family Field baseball stadium, home of Major League Baseball...
Griffin Elevators Highlights SIMS4Lifts Partnership
Griffin Elevators Ltd., based in Romford, East London, recently highlighted the benefits of its partnership with Sims4Lifts, co-founded by Chaim Grunfeld. Griffin Elevators, founded in 1994 by Ian Griffin, joined...
Fujitec Receives Major Elevator Remote-Monitoring Certification
Fujitec Co., Ltd. announced on September 12 that its group company Fujitec Singapore Corp. Ltd. has become the first Japanese company to obtain certification for elevator maintenance using remote monitoring...
Four Detroit High Rises Account for 15% of Elevator Calls
Over the past year, four high rises housing low-income residents accounted for 15% of all emergency calls about broken elevators to the Detroit Fire Department, Outlier Media reports, citing WDIV....
Apex Lifts Awarded RoSPA Order of Distinction
U.K.-based Apex Lifts announced earlier this summer that the company has won another prestigious award for its health and safety performance. The company was awarded the Royal Society for the...
MacArthur Joins TSSA as Elevating Devices Inspector
Eric MacArthur announced he has started a new position as an elevating devices inspector for greater Ottawa, Ontario, with the province's Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA). MacArthur studied to...
Ghana Hospital Elevator Fixed After 24-H Ultimatum
The faulty elevator in the Department of Surgery at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana has been fixed following a 24-h ultimatum issued by Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the ranking member of...
