Escalators

Mitsubishi Electric U.S. E&E Division Opens Miami Office

The elevator and escalator (E&E) division of Mitsubishi Electric U.S., Inc., headquartered in Cypress, California, has opened a Miami office, the company announced on March 29. Miami has the third-tallest...

Macau Government Nixes VT Maintenance Insurance Requirement

Just two days after implementing a requirement that those maintaining vertical transportation (VT) buy civil liability insurance, a parliamentary committee of the Government of Macau removed it from the proposed...

Large Transit Project Design Approved for Shenzhen

Aedas, a designer group working in Shenzhen, China, with China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group and Shenzhen Urban Transport Consortium, has won the plan for Qingshuihe Comprehensive Transportation Hub,...

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...

LECS UK Hires Ford as Project Engineer

LECS UK, a lift and escalator consultancy with offices in London and Manchester, recently hired Michael Ford as project engineer. Prior to this appointment, Ford spent eight years at Allianz...

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,...

Ad Rail USA Escalator Handrail Media For GAC Conference

Ad Rail USATM announced it provided its patented escalator handrail media for the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) 2022 Governmental Affairs Conference on February 27-March 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention...