ThyssenKrupp introduced fully functional scale model of MULTI system
New elevator technology that may be ready for market in five years will not only transform how people move within tall buildings but it...
Women killed by homemade elevator
A homemade elevator was crafted with the best intentions, but investigators say it ended up crushing a Hernando County woman to death on Tuesday.
Margaret...
Kone’s ultrarope means taller skyscrapers
If you get vertigo riding in the glass elevators at your local fancy hotel, you might want to stop reading now. Hotels and skyscrapers...
Elevator companies can use GPS to keep tabs on workers
Two elevator companies in British Columbia, Canada can continue to use GPS technology to keep tabs on their employees after the province's information commissioner...
Schindler increasing efficiency?
What if robot technology could help us further increase efficiency safety and even diversity on construction sites while allowing elevator technicians to focus-on what...
Sigma Elevator aims to increase production
Sigma Elevator Co aims to increase the annual production capacity of its factory in Dalian from 10,000 units in 2011 to 30,000 units by...
KONE replaceing 128 escalators in Washington D.C.
KONE Inc. is announcing a $154 million deal to build escalators for Washington, D.C.’s mass transit system at its Coal Valley plant.
That’s the largest...
Otis Brazil Completes Acquisition of Mitsubishi Electric’s elevators and escalators Business...
Elevadores Otis Ltda.(“Otis Brazil”) and Melco Elevadores do Brasil S.A., a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, today announced that Otis Brazil has completed...
“The Max” NEW C.E. Mini Position Indicator
The MAX is a new elevator position indicator display based on the C.E. Mini PI series. These screens are not only sharper and crisper, but have unsurpassed...
Mitsubishi Electric Improves Speed of World’s Fastest Elevators
Mitsubishi announced that it has developed elevator technologies that achieved a speed of 1,230 meters per minute, or 20.5 meters per second (4035 fpm),...
KONE Progress and Opportunities for the Americas
KONE elevator hosted its annual Capital Markets Day event on Sept. 26 in London. Our senior executives, including Larry Wash, Executive Vice President Area...
Mitsubishi Elevator Thailand Completes New Elevator Test Tower
Mitsubishi Electric Tokyo has announced the completion of new elevator test tower at Mitsubishi Elevator Asia Co. Ltd (AMEC) which produces elevators and escalators...
KONE reopens its mine elevator test laboratory
KONE has unveiled its renewed high-rise elevator testing facility in Tytyri, Finland, after extensive renovations. Unique in the world, the test lab reaches a...
KONE Selected for Marine Gateway project in Vancouver
KONE elevator has won an order from Ledcor Construction and PCI Development to supply 33 elevators and escalators for the Marine Gateway mixed-use development...
The World’s tallest moving observation tower
People who love London Eye will have soon available another attraction called British Airways i360, a sleek 162-meter-tall tower with a glass viewing pod that,...
Thyssenkrupp opens new plant with test tower
Thyssenkrupp marked another major milestone in its innovation ambition, with the opening ceremony of its newest plant and test tower in Zhongshan City, Guangdong...
KONE tweeting escalator
KONE introduced today (March 1, 2018) introduced a new chapter to promote its 24/7 Connected Services. After giving a voice to machine conversations between...
ThyssenKrupp World Trade Center and Time Square elevators infringing Schindler’s patents
Elevators at the World Trade Center and Times Square made by ThyssenKrupp AG contain technology that a Schindler Holding AG unit said infringes one...
Police searched the headquarters of Schindler Elevator
Police searched the headquarters of Schindler Elevator K.K. in Tokyo, Japan on Monday following an accident involving one of its elevators at a hotel...