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Connecticut Town Officials Expected To Approve Elevator
Town officials in New Canaan, Connecticut, are expected to discuss and approve an approximately US$2.5 million contract with a Ridgefield-based company to install an elevator in Waveny House, the New...
Indian Home Mobility Company Recruiting Nearly 2,000 Workers
In partnership with TK Access Solutions of Germany, Chennai-based Elite Elevators announced in November it has commenced mass hiring across its multinational branches. The home mobility company has operations in...
Elevators Boost Station Accessibility for STM
On November 18, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced new elevators at the Pie-IX and Villa-Maria stations, making them the 22nd and 23rd fully accessible stations in the metro...
Schindler Completes La Guardia Work Ahead of Schedule
With sometimes 30 mechanics on-site six days a week, Schindler completed installation of 20 elevators, 21 escalators and four moving walks at NYC's La Guardia airport in only 18 months,...
Escalators Could More Than Quadruple at Busy India Rail Station
The number of escalators serving a redeveloped Visakhapatnam rail station in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, could more than quadruple under a proposal from Division Railway Manager Anup Kumar...
Mumbai’s First FoB With Travelator Planned by MMRDA
Mumbai's first foot overbridge (FoB) outfitted with a travelator, or moving walk, is set to start construction in early 2023 at South Mumbai's Jacob Circle-Mahalaxmi station, Construction World India reports....
TKE (India) Provides 10 Heavy-Duty Escalators for Busy Metro
TK Elevator (TKE) (India) replaced existing units with 10 of its heavy-duty tugela escalators in six stations of the Kolkata Metro, serving the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India,...
South Africa Airports Focus on Getting VT Up and Running
Airports in South Africa are focusing on getting vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — elevators, escalators and moving walks — up and running for the upcoming holidays after several factors resulted in...
TKE Celebrates 25 Years of VT Service at Israel Airport
TK Elevator (TKE) is celebrating 25 years of providing elevator service at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. TKE began servicing vertical-transportation (VT) equipment at the airport in 1997 and today...
Elevator Inaugurated as Part of Larger Project in India
Dhubri Deputy Commissioner Dibakar Nath inaugurated the newly installed elevator and conference-cum-community Hall at the Dhubri Kalibari premises in India on October 28, The Sentinel reports. The meeting was organized...
