Modernization
Southwest Elevator Co. Welcomes New Service Superintendent
Southwest Elevator Co., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and serving clients throughout Texas, as well as in central Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada, has named Tesleigh Minton as its new...
Total Access Expands L.A. Area Footprint Through Acquisition
Total Access Elevator, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California, and backed by private-equity firm Century Park Capital Partners, announced the acquisition of Simi Valley-based Vertical Elevator Solutions on March 13,...
Schindler: Local Sourcing Means No U.S. Steel Tariff Hit
Paolo Compagna, CEO of Switzerland-based Schindler, told Reuters in February that most of what the company manufactures at its plants in North Carolina and Pennsylvania uses materials that are sourced and produced...
Civic Center in Montana Closed for Elevator Repairs
The Civic Center in Great Falls, Montana, will be closed from March 10-April 21 for elevator repairs, The Electric reports. The elevator, installed in 1983, has been prone to frequent breakdowns and...
The Arch 22 in Banjul, Gambia, Receiving an Elevator for its 60th Anniversary
The Director General of the National Center for Arts and Culture Hassoum Ceesay has announced that the Arch 22 in Banjul, Gambia, will receive an elevator as part of the...
Number of NJ Transit VT Incidents Climbs by 12%
In 2024, NJ Transit experienced 2,725 elevator and escalator incidents at train stations, representing an increase of 12.3% over 2023, when there were 2,426 incidents, Asbury Park Press reports. Incidents include such...
TKE to Modernize Three Elevators in County Government Buildings in Kansas
In Kansas’s Riley County, a modernization project for three government building elevators was approved on February 27, News-Press Now reports. A 2023 inspection revealed that elevators in the courthouse, the Carnegie building...
Laura’s Home Women’s Crisis Center Planning Elevator Renovations
Rise: Women’s Philanthropy Initiative at The City Mission, a philanthropic organization in Cleveland, Ohio, will fund the renovation of the elevator for Laura’s Home Women’s Crisis Center at 18120 Puritas...
KONE To Replace Tennessee Airport’s Escalators
McGhee Tyson Airport in Blount County, Tennessee, just south of Knoxville, awarded a US$1.1 million contract to KONE to replace its two main downward and upward escalators, outlets including the Knoxville...
Hippodrome’s Historic Manual Elevator Being Restored
The City of Gainesville’s Wild Spaces & Public Places Department and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs announced that the US$135,799 project to restore the Hippodrome’s historic elevator...
