Safety

Delays in Elevator Registration in India

Nearly two months after the Uttar Pradesh government in India introduced the Lift and Escalator Rules, 2024, for elevator safety, none of the 80,000 lifts across 350 Noida high-rise building...

KONE India Launches Smart Elevator Series at ISEE Event

KONE India unveiled its I MonoSpace® SMART, KONE I MiniSpace™ and KONE A MonoSpace SMART elevators at the International Sourcing Exposition (ISEE) for Elevators in India, Realty+ reports. These models are the...

Stronger Together

How the Elevator Industry Safety Partners Alliance is uniting OSHA and the elevator industry in the name of improved workplace safety by Dot Mynahan Five years ago, the U.S. Department...

Hyundai Elevator Offers Free Inspections for 10-Plus-Year-Old Elevators in Korea

Hyundai Elevator recently announced it will provide free services to elevators more than 10 years old installed in Korea regardless of manufacturer, Maeil Business Newspaper reports. Hyundai Elevator will mobilize high-tech inspection...

Otis Appoints Lopez As Southeast Asia MD

Otis Worldwide Corp. has announced the appointment of Nicolas Lopez as managing director (MD) of Southeast Asia, overseeing operations across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the rest of the ASEAN...

Safety in Numbers

The elevator industry unites for the latest iteration of the Elevator Industry Field Employees’ Safety Handbook, the definitive safety guide since 1973. by Dot Mynahan “The bigger the dream, the...

2024 Ellies Award Winners and Runners-Up Announced

Congratulations to the 2024 Ellies Award winners and runners-up. Each was announced live on-stage on September 25 at NAEC's 2024 United Convention. Winners were presented their custom Ellies trophies, and...

Two Dead in India Elevator Incident

Two laborers died after falling in an elevator duct from the fourth floor of an under-construction building in Vikhroli East, Mumbai, India, on September 3, the Hindustan Times reports. The...

Elevator Conference of New York Announces Upcoming Events

The Board of Directors of the Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) has announced upcoming events. They include, on September 18, New York State (NYS) mechanic license course and QEI...

Fujitec Holds Safety Training for Children in Japan and Beyond

Fujitec recently held vertical-transportation (VT) safety training for children at Big Wing, Fujitec headquarters (HQ) in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, and local elementary schools. At Big Wing, Fujitec employees led students...