Escalators
WEEF Signatories Meet in Shanghai To Accelerate Cooperation Process
Signatories of the World Elevator & Escalator Federation (WEEF) met on July 6 during the World Elevator & Escalator Expo at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai to...
NEII Partners with NEIEP at SkillsUSA Techspo in Atlanta
National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII), in partnership with the National Elevator Industry Educational Program (NEIEP), participated in the SkillsUSA Techspo tradeshow at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on...
Interlift 2023 Expects More Than 500 Exhibitors To Completely Fill Halls
AFAG Messen und Austellungen GmbH, organizer of interlift 2023 on October 17-20 in Augsburg, Germany, said on July 4 that this year’s event is already 47% ahead of the previous...
Hitachi Group Receives Record Order for Elevators and Escalators in Hong Kong SAR
Hitachi, Ltd. recently announced that Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co. (Hong Kong SAR) Ltd., received an order for elevators, escalators and moving walks from Hong Kong SAR developer Sun Hung Kai...
KONE To Provide VT Solutions To Singapore General Hospital Buildings
KONE Corp. has won an order to supply a suite of People Flow® vertical-transportation (VT) solutions for Singapore General Hospital's (SGH) Elective Care Centre (ECC) and National Dental Centre Singapore...
TKE Develops Initiative To Improve Escalator Safety
TK Elevator (TKE), along with vertical-transportation branding company MotionIcon UK, has developed special safety signage to make escalators safer. The initiative seeks to increase awareness of potential hazards through pictograms...
U.K.-Based Cooper Awarded MBE for Services to Lift and Escalator Engineering
David Cooper, CEO of London-based vertical-transportation consultancy LECS UK, received the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) recognition in the King’s 2023 birthday honors list,...
Early Bird Registration Deadline for Lift & Escalator Symposium Approaches
The 14th Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies will bring together vertical-transportation experts on September 20-21 at the Hilton Hotel in Northampton, U.K. An early registration discount is available until...
Dueitt Celebrates 25 Years as EESF Program Director
Laurie Dueitt celebrated her 25th anniversary as Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) program director in May. A native of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Dueitt moved to Mobile, Alabama, where EESF is based,...
Bangladesh FY24 Budget Proposes Duties on VT
Bangladesh businesses urged the government to withdraw additional duties for vertical transportation (VT) proposed in the FY24 budget and integrate them into the list of capital machinery to help the...
