Safety
Integrating Safety in Real-Time for Maintenance
This paper was presented at the 2024 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Paradise Island, Bahamas. Abstract “Safety First” is a universal slogan emphasizing the paramount importance of safety in...
Elevating Safety and Maintenance Practices
How Lift Technology Fundamentals Impact Safety and Maintenance in CARICOM Nations through Globalization and Consolidation by Richard Lochin This paper was presented at the 2024 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in...
FloodGuard™ for Elevators
ECI America combines advanced engineering with user-driven insights with new flood protection product. submitted by ECI America With 2022 updates to ASME A17.1 code, the demand for reliable flood protection...
Elevator Technician Fatality Reported in Mumbai
A 25-year-old elevator technician died in December after being stuck between the flooring slab and the lift car in a building in the Shivaji Nagar area of Vakola in Santacruz...
Fujitec’s Japanese Escalator Facility Receives Award
Masayoshi Harada, CEO of Fujitec Co., Ltd., announced on December 24 that Fujitec's Big Step escalator R&D and manufacturing facility in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, received a Factory Management Award in...
Fujitec Explains New Strategy Centered Around Digital Twin Concept
Fujitec announced on December 12 it has unveiled a new webpage that explains and explores its new Fujitec DX initiative to realize a digital twin — a “mirror image of the real...
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...
