Modernization
Otis To Modernize Elevators at Indianapolis Office Tower
Otis President and CEO Judy Marks said on an earnings call on July 23 that the company will modernize 21 elevators at the OneAmerica Tower in Indianapolis, Indiana, expanding its...
TKE India Expands Footprint in North India With New Office
TK Elevator (TKE) India announced the opening of a new office in Varanasi on July 22, marking a significant milestone in its expansion across northern India. Reinforcing its strong nationwide...
Otis 2Q Earnings Reflect Strengths and Challenges
Otis's 2nd Quarter (2Q) earnings reflect strengths, including a robust and growing service business and challenges such as a weak new installation market, particularly in China. The company's earnings per...
KONE Celebrates Completing 2,106 Elevator Modernizations in China
This month, KONE celebrated completing modernization of 2,106 elevators in Kunshan, China, in only eight months. As part of a city-led initiative, KONE secured 96% of the total number of...
Two Modernized Elevators Open on NYC’s Upper West Side
Two new elevators recently opened for riders at the 66th Street-Lincoln Center 1 train station on the Upper West Side in NYC, the West Side Rag reports. The new elevators were funded...
Elevator Register Hopes To Boost Safety, Modernization
Greece’s Ministry of Development is launching a nationwide Elevator Register with a goal to record all elevators across the country, regardless of their current certification status, and identify those in...
Quebec City’s Fauborg Elevator Reopens After Repairs
Pedestrians will once again have more convenient access between Upper and Lower Town, Quebec City, Canada, with the reopening of the refurbished Faubourg elevator, the Quebec Community Newspapers Association reports. The historic...
Baker City Receives Grant for Elevator in Historic Building
The Oregon Main Street Revitalization program has awarded two grants to Baker County, including one to Baker City Downtown for US$400,000 grant to support installing an elevator in the Baker...
Schindler Modernizes Elevators at Art Deco Tower in NYC
Schindler recently modernized the 18-elevator system serving 500 Fifth Avenue, a 60-story Art Deco office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, NYC. In contrast to the building's historic marble and bronze lobby,...
Last Wooden Escalator in London Underground to be Replaced by Elevator
Alperton Tube station in London, England, which has the last wooden escalator on the London Underground, is set to receive two new elevators, making the station fully step-free and accessible...
