Escalators
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...
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...
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...
Overhaul of Eastern Hyderabad, India, Station Includes New VT
A massive overhaul of South Central Railway's (SCR) Cherlapally station in eastern Hyderabad, India, includes new vertical-transportation (VT) equipment, specifically, seven lifts and six escalators serving all nine platforms, The...
Texas Airport Launches Escalator Safety Campaign
The Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport has launched a new safety campaign to reduce preventable escalator accidents that can cause injuries, disrupt travel plans and take equipment out of service,...
JES Opens New Branch and Service Offices
Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co., Ltd., (JES) a Tokyo-headquartered provider of maintenance and repair for elevators and escalators, has announced a newly opened branch and service offices for the purpose...
European Lift Makers 2Q Order Intake Above Expectations
Schindler and KONE posted second-quarter order intake above expectations, but warned China's construction slowdown was weighing on new installations, Reuters reports. Schindler's order intake was down 0.4% from a year...
JFK Airport Escalator Fire Send Four to the Hospital
An escalator fire at New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport at approximately 7 a.m. on July 24 sent four people to the hospital to treat minor injuries from...
KONE Lands 36-Unit Order for 2FA Two-Tower London Development
KONE announced on July 18 it has won a contract to supply 36 vertical-transportation units for the 2 Finsbury Avenue (2FA) development in Broadgate, the largest pedestrianized neighborhood in the...
India Hospital Holds Elevator Safety Event for Staff
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jammu held an awareness session on the “Safe Use of Elevator and Escalator,” aimed at educating hospital attendants, security staff and other supporting...
