Elevators

First Graduating Class of Sri Lanka Elevator Training Center Celebrated

With Sri Lanka's first elevator training center opening in April 2022, the first group to complete the Diploma in Elevator Training, which was formed by Aitken Spence Elevators (Pvt.) Ltd....

New Elevators at Brooklyn Subway Station Experience Problems

A trio of new elevators at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights, NYC, experienced at least 35 non-scheduled outages and 11 instances of entrapment...

Pierce Joins U.K.’s LES as Head of Sales

Lisa Pierce has transitioned from strategic account manager at Otis to head of sales at Lift & Engineering Services Ltd. (LES), with locations in West Midlands, East Midlands and London,...

ECNY Annual Supplier Showcase Coming Up on April 26

The Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) annual Supplier Showcase is coming up on April 26 from noon-6 p.m. at Villa Barone Manor, 737 Throgs Neck Expressway, Bronx, NY. The...

MIBA: Four Events in One at Fiera Milano in Italy

The Milan International Building Alliance (MIBA) consists of four events to be held simultaneously at Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy, on November 15-18: Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE), ME-MADE Expo, SMART...

Broken Escalators and Elevators Plague Seattle Light Rail Stations

In downtown Seattle, out-of-service elevators and escalators are causing issues for riders, Kiro 7 News reports. The latest outage inventory records three broken elevators and seven inoperable escalators across at...

U.K.’s Global1Partners Taps Two Joint GMs

On February 1, U.K.-headquartered Global1Partners Ltd announced the appointment of Susan Terry and Andrew Creswell as joint general managers (GMs). Since joining the company 26 years ago, Terry progressed through...

ATTA Elevators Acquires Ryzure Elevator Inc.

ATTA Elevators, headquartered in Ontario, Canada, announced the acquisition of Ryzure Elevator, a full-service elevator company focused on maintenance, modernization and new construction installations, in January. Ryzure Elevator, based in...

Nordic Lift Expo Draws More Than 500 to Stockholm Venue

More than 500 vertical-transportation (VT) industry members and clients gathered on January 31 at Scandic Infra City in Stockholm, Sweden, for the biannual Nordic Lift Expo. Organized by Oxbridge Live...

Accessibility at Busy Indian Rail Station Criticized

G plus recently criticized accessibility at the busy Guwahati Railway Station (GRS) in the Northeast Indian state of Assam, observing there are too few lifts and that both lifts and...