Accessibility
Marine Innovations Announces New Carriage Design
On February 3, Marine Innovations, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of trams and inclined elevators for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, announced a new carriage design as an upgrade to...
TKE to Showcase Energy-Efficient, Digital Solutions at MIPIM
Making its debut at MIPIM 2025, the world’s leading real estate exhibition and conference taking place in Cannes, France, on March 11-14, TK Elevator (TKE) will showcase its wide range...
Otis India’s First Use of Compass 360 for Hyderabad Towers
Otis will install 21 elevators at The Trilight, a luxury residential project consisting of three interconnected towers up to 60 stories tall in Hyderabad, India, Otis President, Chair and CEO...
Otis to Install 18 VT Units at New EIT Oxford Campus
Otis will install 18 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 17 elevators and one platform lift — at the Ellison Institute of Technologies (EIT) Oxford Interdisciplinary Research and Development campus in Oxford,...
Nine New VT Units for Mississippi Capital Airport
The Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi, will be getting nine new vertical-transportation (VT) units this year, The Northside Sun reports. The US$5.3-million project, which includes replacing all four escalators...
Modern Elevator Units for NYC MTA Accessibility Upgrade
The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced in January that the Woodhaven Boulevard subway station in Woodhaven, Queens, is now fully accessible with two street-to-platform elevators manufactured and installed by...
Deadly Apartment Fire Leaves Elevators Waterlogged
Residents of 35 Brock Street, one of the Marina Towers, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, were without operational elevators for at least 24 h due to a fatal fire that occurred...
KONE to Provide Elevators for High-Rise Mumbai Complex
KONE announced on January 28 it received an order to provide 21 passenger elevators for Aga Hall Estate in Mumbai, India, which consists of 45- and 56-story towers containing 349...
Robots Integrate With Otis Elevators at MMUH in U.K.
Otis’ New Equipment team enabled the integration of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), or robots, with seven of 28 Otis elevators serving the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) in Smethwick...
ATTA Elevators Completes Rebuild of Schindler Units in Ottawa
ATTA Elevators, a full-service independent elevator and escalator company based in Ontario, Canada, announced it has completed rebuilding two Schindler inclined moving walks in collaboration with Leading Edge Escalators (LEE)....
