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European-Engineered and Manufactured Stairlift Launched in India
Chennai, India-headquartered Elite Elevators has announced the launch of the E50 stairlift in India, Construction Week reports. Aimed at elevating the quality of independent living, the stairlift features unique advanced...
TKE Italy Provides New Elevators at Formula 1 Racetrack in Italy
TK Elevator (TKE) Italy provided two new, custom elevators for a new footbridge at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari Autodrome in Imola, Italy. They will be unveiled to the public...
KONE Tapped To Provide 57 Escalators To Stockholm Metro
KONE recently won two orders to provide a total of 57 escalators for nine stations along two new lines of the Stockholm Metro in Sweden. Serving the Arenastaden and Södra...
Israel To Inaugurate Elevator at Tomb of the Patriarchs
On June 8, Israel will inaugurate an elevator at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Palestine, ANI is among outlets to report. One of Israel’s most visited religious sites,...
Mumbai Division of Central Railway To Install Nearly 50 Escalators at Stations
India’s Ministry of Railways has approved a budget of Rs 48.05 crore (US$5.8 million) for the installation of new escalators at railway stations within the Mumbai division of the Central...
Brooklyn Subway Station Modernization With Elevators Wins Award
The modernization of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Livonia Avenue Station on the Canarsie subway line in Brooklyn, NY, was named the 2022 Project of the Year in the US$10...
Elevator Debuts at Rome Colosseum After Five Years of Construction
An elevator that makes the higher levels of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum accessible to people with mobility issues was inaugurated with much fanfare on May 30 after five years of construction,...
Wisconsin Museum Opens First Elevator in Its History
The Rahr-West Art Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, recently held a ribbon-cutting for its new elevator, allowing barrier-free access to the mansion section of the museum for the first time in...
Cooks Islands’ First Elevator on Track for August Completion
The Cook Islands Ministry of Justice elevator project — Cook Islands’ first elevator — is on track for completion in August, the Cook Islands News reports. The seven-month elevator project...
VT Issues Persist at Western India Railway Station
Railway passengers in Pune, Maharashtra, India, continue to face issues navigating the station two years after a solution was proposed, The Times of India reports. The often-dysfunctional escalator at the...
