Accessibility
KONE Providing Elevators for New Hospital in Sweden
KONE will equip Region Västmanland's new emergency hospital in Västerås, Sweden, with 20 elevators to ease accessibility for doctors, staff and patients in the 75,000-m2 facility, set to be inaugurated in...
Wildeck Completes New HQ in Waukesha, Wisconsin
Wildeck, Inc., a leading manufacturer of industrial work platforms (mezzanines), vertical reciprocating conveyors (VRCs), rideable material lifts (RMLs), custom ladders, access platforms and safety guarding products, has announced the completion...
EW Announces 2025 Project of the Year Winners
ELEVATOR WORLD proudly announces the 2025 Project of the Year winners. Expert teams from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and the U.K. emerged victorious by successfully completing...
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator Receives 147-Unit MRT Order
Hitachi Yungtay Elevator, the Taiwan-based subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., received an order for 147 elevators and escalators from the Department of Rapid Transit Systems of the Taipei City Government, Hitachi...
KONE Contract at Saudi Arabia’s KFIA Includes 86 Units
KONE has won an order to provide a suite of transportation solutions for the modernization of King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, also known as Dammam International...
Challenging Hudson Valley Modernization a “Testament to Teamwork”
Manhattan-based Champion Elevator Corp. recently completed a transformative elevator modernization at a nursing home in Rhinebeck in New York’s Hudson Valley that Champion President Don Gelestino describes as a "testament...
Oakland Passes Residential Elevator Maintenance Ordinance
In July, Oakland, California, Councilmember Carroll Fife co-sponsored an ordinance requiring operators of residential properties with elevators to maintain elevators in an operable condition, according to the City of Oakland. The...
New Escalators at Two Bengaluru, India Railway Stations
The Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti V Somanna recently unveiled new escalators at KSR Bengaluru and Kengeri Railway Stations, Hans India reports. Two new escalators, one for upward movement...
Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators
On November 20, the Armenian government announced new escalators to be installed at the Gortsaranain and David Sasuntsi stations of the Yerevan metro in Armenia, as reported by Arka. The government...
IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) has begun investigating the increasing malfunctions of escalators and elevators in the city's rail system by officially requesting information and documents from the Rail Systems...
