Elevators
A Quarter of French Elevators Need Quick Renovations
According to the Lift Federation in France, 25% of the country’s elevators are more than 40 years old and, according to a survey, 77% of the nation’s people want help...
New Jersey Station Elevator Traps Five Riders
Operators of the Bergenline Avenue rail station in Union City, New Jersey, shut down the unit after five people were trapped in an elevator, with two of them injured, NorthJersey.com...
Upcoming Elevator U Webinars
Elevator U, an organization that supports and encourages the exchange of ideas and information relative to vertical transportation in academic facilities, invites all members, potential members and industry suppliers to...
NYCHA Tenant Seeks Better Communication About Elevators
Ramona Minor, a great-grandmother who lives in the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) De Hostos houses on NYC’s Upper West Side, wants better communication from the authority about maintenance...
ATIS Opens Offices in Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin
American Testing and Inspection Services (ATIS), the St. Louis-based elevator management, inspection and consulting company, has opened new offices in Des Moines, Iowa; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Madison, Wisconsin, ATIS announced...
Vancouver Station to Get New Vertical-Transportation Equipment
TransLink, operator of SkyTrain rail station at Brentwood Town Centre, Vancouver, Canada, is set to add escalators, a new elevator, more space and better connections, Mass Transit reports. The station...
LEEA Announces Sector-Focused Webinar Series
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has scheduled a series of free, sector-specific webinars to be held on Zoom throughout 2022. Each webinar will be geared toward end-users in the...
TKE Urges U.K. Partners to Connect With Alcumus Supply
TK Elevator (TKE) is entering its U.K. partnership with Alcumus SafeContractor, a provider of clients’ Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) services, the companies announced in March. TKE, a major...
Abstract Deadline Near for Lift, Escalator Presentations
Directors of the Lift & Escalator Symposium Trust are overseeing the 13th Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies and are urging those wishing to contribute to submit their abstracts by...
Otis Ceases New Elevator, Escalator Orders in Russia
Otis, in light of the unfolding crisis in Ukraine and ongoing supply-chain disruptions, is ceasing new elevator and escalator orders in Russia, which represented approximately 2% of its 2021 revenue,...
