Elevators

16 Escalators, Seven Lifts for Indian Holy Site Skywalk

Sixteen escalators and seven lifts are part of a 460-m skywalk planned outside Gurdwara Shaheedan Sahib in Amritsar in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, The Tribune reports. Amritsar Smart...

Draper Elevator Interiors Welcomes Project Manager

Holbrook, Massachusetts-based Draper Elevator Interiors, providing design, fabrication and installation of custom elevator cabs and cab interiors since 1996, recently named Lauren Howe project manager. Draper observed that Howe's more...

KONE CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth Visits Indian Counterparts

KONE President and CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth spent a week in India recently, visiting with KONE team members including Managing Director (MD) Amit Gossain and customers at various sites, Ehrnrooth said...

Ontario TSSA: Safety Remains Priority During Strike

Ontario, Canada’s non-for-profit regulator Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) recently issued a press release emphasizing it remains focused on safety despite contract negotiations with Ontario Public Service Employees Union...

Major U.S. Independent EFS Appoints Biskaduros CEO

Elevated Facility Services Group (EFS), headquartered in Tampa and providing elevator repair, maintenance and modernization in 58 markets across 24 states, has appointed Matt Biskaduros as CEO. Biskaduros follows interim...

Alabama Historical Society Seeks Funds for Elevator

During the August 23rd meeting of the Montgomery County Commission in Montgomery, Alabama, the Montgomery County Historical Society asked the commission for assistance in funding the addition of an outside...

Elevator/Lift Emergency Rescue Device Earns Patent

Su-Vastika Solar, a rapidly developing startup for power storage and solutions, has been granted a patent by the Government of India for its Emergency Rescue Device (ERD) for lifts, Digital...

Kings III Acquired by Arcline Investment Management

Kings III, a Coppell, Texas-based provider of emergency monitoring solutions for elevator and other systems across North America, has been acquired by Arcline Investment Management, a private equity firm with...

TKE Certified in Accordance with International Cybersecurity Standard

TK Elevator (TKE) announced on September 7 it is one of the first elevator companies worldwide to be certified by TÜV NORD in accordance with the IEC 62443-4-1 standard, confirming...

Escalators, Lifts Being Installed at India Metro Stations

Work on the Agra Metro Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), including installation of lifts and escalators at stations, is underway in Agra in north India’s Uttar Pradesh state, The Hans...