Safety

Elevator Escalator Safety Week on November 11-15

National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) and the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) ask vertical-transportation (VT) industry members to remember that Elevator Escalator Safety Week is on November 11-15. Held each...

New Taipei Mayor Orders Elevator Inspection After Falls

New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi will order a third-party review of two recent incidents in which city-operated elevators malfunctioned and fell soon after undergoing maintenance, the Tapei Times is...

Schmersal Group Names Ramji Singh As Managing Director

The Schmersal Group has appointed Ramji Singh as the new managing director of its subsidiary Schmersal India Pvt. Ltd. The takeover of the management comes into force with immediate effect....

US$13.8-Million Dorm Elevator Modernization in Store for UPenn

Two student dormitory buildings at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) — Harnwell College House and Harrison College House — are set to receive up to US$13.8 million in elevator upgrades...

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...

Invertek to Showcase ASME A17.1-Compliant VFD at TES

Invertek Drives, Ltd., the U.K.-based electric motor control technology specialist, plans to showcase the Optidrive Elevator Core variable frequency drive (VFD) at The Elevator Show in Dubai on September 16-18....

The Way to Better Hoistway Safety

How recent ASME code updates and industry safety best practices are helping mitigate elevator hoistway hazards by Kevin Brinkman It happened in an instant.  In a video captured and shared...

LEEA Looks Forward to LiftEx 2024 at Olympia in London

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) looks forward to its flagship event, LiftEx 2024, on October 16-17 at the new West Hall of Olympia in London. LEEA describes the free-to-attend...

Fujitec India Training Institute Authorized as a JIIM

The Fujitec JIM training institute in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, established by Japan's Fujitec Co. Ltd. in November 2023, has been authorized as a Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing (JIIM) by...

ASME Applauds Congressional Defeat of Pro Codes Act

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) issued a statement on July 23 applauding the U.S. House of Representatives for voting down H.R. 163, The Pro Codes Act, “which would...

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Elevator Assembly Plant Officially Opens in Belarus

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Unsworth Joins LML Lift Consultants Senior Consultant

This July will mark 40 years since the beginning of Wurtec; image courtesy of Wurtec

Wurtec Celebrating 40th Anniversary

HydraSafe surveyed 17 elevators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with partner Claddagh, which will be providing a control system for single-plunger code compliance; photo by Hugo Schneider for Wikipedia.

HydraSafe Brake: NYC Training, a Move and a New Hire

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Hotels Prepare to Implement Recent Elevator Code Revisions