Elevators

Korea Report Shows VT Accidents Increasing For Senior Citizens

A report by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) shows the annual number of accidents involving senior citizens on automated transportation, including vertical transportation (VT), has been increasing since 2020, The Korea...

A Procedure To Estimate Elevator Energy Consumption Using Traffic Simulation

Numerical examples show practical application.  by Janne Sorsa This paper was presented at Elevcon 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Key words: Elevator, energy consumption, simulation  Abstract Current methods estimate the...

2024 Ellies Award Winners and Runners-Up Announced

Congratulations to the 2024 Ellies Award winners and runners-up. Each was announced live on-stage on September 25 at NAEC's 2024 United Convention. Winners were presented their custom Ellies trophies, and...

KONE Announces Promotion of Margot Taylor

KONE announces that Margot Taylor has been promoted to vice president, Strategy & Corporate Development – Americas, and joins the KONE Americas Leadership Team. In this role Taylor will focus...

Fujitec Delivers 100-Plus Units to Tokyo Complex

Fujitec Co., Ltd. has delivered a total of 102 elevators and escalators to Shibuya Sakura Stage, a large-scale complex facility in Shibuya, Tokyo, that opened on July 25. This is...

Elevator Project To Make Western Wall More Accessible

A long-awaited project is underway to make the site at the Western Wall —adjacent to Judaism’s most sacred site, the Temple Mount — more accessible with a much-need elevator, The Washington...

Armenia Capital Pushes for Old Elevator Replacement

All old elevators in residential buildings in Yerevan, Armenia, must be replaced within four years, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan said on September 23, ARKA News Agency reports. The head of...

NYARM Invites Exhibitors to the CooperatorEvents New York Expo

New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM) Executive Director Margie Russell personally invites all interested parties to exhibit at the CooperatorEvents New York Expo on November 19 at the Jacob...

KEB America To Unveil Gen 6 Elevator Drives at United

KEB America, Inc., a subsidiary of KEB Automation KG and a North American provider of motion control and industrial automation solutions, will unveil its newest Generation 6 elevator-specific drives during...

Baker Promoted to SVP of Sales and Marketing at ATIS

ATIS, North America's largest provider of elevator and escalator management, inspection and consulting services with headquarters in St. Louis, announced that Rachel Baker has been promoted to senior vice president...