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KONE To Equip New China Railway With 117 VT Units
KONE announced on September 22 it won an order to equip a new railway line connecting Ningbo and Xiangshan, China, with 117 vertical-transportation (VT) units. Delivery comprises 16 MonoSpace® and...
Excalibur Elevator Notes Early Success
Excalibur Elevator LLC, a provider of commercial and residential elevator services that launched in March, announced it has already secured multiple modernization contracts and dozens of maintenance agreements across the...
India’s TEA Calls for Reduced GST on Elevators
India’s Telangana Elevator Association (TEA) has appealed to the Central government to reconsider the existing 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on elevators, stressing that a reduction would positively impact...
NYC MTA Opens Two Elevators at Bronx Subway Station
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on September 3 the completion of two Otis elevators at the Mosholu Parkway subway station. The elevators make the station Americans with Disabilities...
Otis Receives Safety Award From Singapore Metro Network
Otis has received a 2025 SMRT Contractors' Safety Award for upholding the highest standards in health and safety and service management across Singapore's SMRT rail network. Otis was the only...
MIA’s Newest Pair of Moving Walks Is 23rd Such Modernization
Miami International Airport (MIA) announced on September 3 it reopened its newest pair of modernized moving walks in Concourse D, marking the 23rd moving walk, elevator or escalator modernization so...
Redevelopment of Jaipur Railway Station Underway
Indian Railways (IR) is working to redevelop the Jaipur railway station in the North Western Railway zone. The project is being executed in phases under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme....
U.K. Stairlift Business Celebrates First Year’s Success
East Midlands, U.K.-based Stairlift and Mobility Solutions Ltd. is celebrating its first year of business. Founded by the husband-and-wife team of Steve and Tracey Wilson, Stairlift and Mobility Solutions works...
Skyline Provides Elevator for New Brooklyn Building
Brooklyn, NY-based Skyline Elevators tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a duplex, passenger, machine-room-less (MRL) elevator for 1 Wythe Avenue, a seven-story commercial building nearing completion in the Greenpoint-Williamsburg Industrial Business...
TKE Secures Major Service Contract With Denmark’s DSB
TK Elevator (TKE) announced on September 4 it secured a five-year service contract with Danske Statsbaner (DSB), Denmark's largest railway company, covering maintenance of more than 200 elevators and escalators...
