Modernization
1916 Elevator in Missouri Courthouse Closed for Repairs
A more-than-100-year-old cage elevator serving the Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, Missouri, is closed so it can undergo vital repairs, The Joplin Globe reports. The courthouse was built in 1894,...
Fujitec Delivers 44 Modernized Elevators, Including Its Fastest, in Hong Kong
Fujitec (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. announced on June 27 it delivered 44 modernized elevators — including 16 that are the fastest available from Fujitec — at Three Garden Road, consisting...
KONE Part of Modernization of Iconic Thirty High in London
KONE announced on June 6 it has been selected to provide a suite of vertical-transportation (VT) solutions for the modernization of the 1960s, 101-m-tall Thirty High skyscraper (formerly Portland House)...
Rebuilt Schindler Escalators Now Serve BART Market Street Stations
On May 31 and 30, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) introduced a rebuilt escalator and a new canopy on Market Street at the Embarcadero and Montgomery stations, respectively, Hoodline was...
Del Monte Capital Invests in Integrity Elevator Solutions
Del Monte Capital, a private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented, lower middle-market companies, has announced its growth investment in Integrity Elevator Solutions (IES). IES has become a leading independent provider...
New Elevator Safety Rules in Spain To Have Big Impact
The Spanish Government has introduced new legislation that will force building owners to modernize between 35 and 40% of the nation’s elevators, Murcia Today reports. Spain has the most lifts...
Southwest Elevator Welcomes Stavropoulos as Orlando/Daytona/Central Florida GM
Southwest Elevator Co., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, welcomes Bryan Stavropoulos as general manager (GM) of the Orlando/Daytona/Central Florida market. Stavropoulos has more than 21 years' vertical-transportation industry experience, including...
California’s Total Access Elevator Partners With PE Firm
Total Access Elevator, Inc., Southern California's largest independent commercial elevator modernization, maintenance and repair provider, has partnered with Century Park Capital Partners, a private-equity (PE) firm based in El Segundo,...
TKE Publishes Third Sustainability Report, Further Advancing Targets
Düsseldorf, Germany-headquartered TK Elevator (TKE) has published its third sustainability report, providing comprehensive transparency on the company’s progress toward its sustainability targets and growth strategy. TKE CEO Uday Yadav said...
Submit Your Project for the EW Project of the Year Awards
Submissions are now being accepted for the ELEVATOR WORLD 27th Annual Project of the Year Awards. We are seeking submissions of projects featuring vertical, horizontal or inclined transportation systems with...
