Manufacturing

TKE Sustainability Expert to Participate in Conference Roundtable

TK Elevator (TKE) Senior Sustainability Manager Monica Miller Brown plans to participate in a roundtable discussion on embodied carbon in steel on November 3 at the Greenbuild International Conference +...

Columbia Elevator Partners With USDE, Fermator U.S. Division

Columbia Elevator and US Door Equipment Corp. (USDE), a Fermator company, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide the new construction and modernization segments of the North American elevator...

Stannah Breaks Ground for New Facility

Construction has started at the Andover Business Park, home to Stannah’s new 90,000 ft2 factory that will see production of the company’s stairlifts and platform lifts streamlined under one roof,...

Otis Sells Russia Business Unit to Russian Company

As the war in Ukraine continues, Otis announced in July on the company website that it sold its operations in Russia to Ice Development, a company based in Russia, CT...

Hyundai Elevator Announces Global Plan During Celebration

Hyundai Elevator, a subsidiary of Hyundai Group, is aiming to join the world's top five elevator manufacturers, generating KRW5 trillion (won) (US$3.8 billion) in annual revenue by 2030, the company...

Clairmont Announces Litchfield as AEG CIO

Bryan Clairmont, president of NYC-based American Elevator Group (AEG), announced Matt Litchfield as chief information officer (CIO) on July 12. Litchfield will be responsible for managing the organization's deployment of...

Fujitec Completes Elevator Plant Expansion in Taiwan

Fujitec Taiwan Co., Ltd. has completed an expansion of its Hsinchu Plant, which began production in 1981 in the Hsinchu Industrial Park in Taiwan and manufactures elevators primarily for the...

Otis Inaugurates New Spain Factory with King Felipe VI

Otis inaugurated its new, 17,000-m2 factory for manufacturing elevator machines, governors and safeties in San Sebastian, Spain, on June 16 in the presence of King Felipe VI of Spain and...

Bangladesh VT Players Alarmed by Proposed Elevator Import Duty

Members of the Bangladesh Elevators, Escalators and Lift Importers Association (BEELIA) recently expressed alarm over the government’s proposal to remove capital machinery (CM) status from imported elevators, which would result...

Terry Lifts Named Member Of Made In Britain

Terry Lifts, the specialist lift manufacturer headquartered in Knutsford, Cheshire, U.K., recently announced its accreditation as a member of Made in Britain, an organization which brings together British manufacturers united...