Kone acquires Ascent Elevator
KONE has acquired the San Francisco-based business of Ascent Elevator Services, Inc., an independent elevator company with a significant share of the service market...
Theresa Christy – The Ups and Downs
You press a button and wait for your elevator. How long before you get impatient and agitated? Theresa Christy says 20 seconds.
As a mathematician...
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Canada replacing faulty sheave jammers
A company that built more than 2,000 elevators with faulty brake devices has agreed to pay $12 million to firms that had to repair...
Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week
Sunday marks the start of the 19th annual Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week, held from November 11 – 17.
With the holiday season almost...
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...
Roosevelt University’s New “Vertical Campus”
One result of our ever-growing urban population is that colleges are challenging the definition of “the college campus” experience. Without an abundant horizontal space...
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...
Elevator in one day
Elevator installation is one of the most problematic, expensive and time-consuming aspects of construction. Modular Elevator Manufacturing, Inc. (MEM) offers a fully operational elevator...
Aging equipment and lack of maintenance to blame
As aging, overused elevators go up, so does the potential for accidents, the top quality watchdog has warned.
Old, creaking machinery coupled with increased demand...
KONE recognized for excellence by Johnson Controls
KONE Inc . is proud to announce it has been named a leader in supplier execution and customer satisfaction by Johnson Controls. As part...
New Mitsubishi NEXIEZ-GPX line of elevators
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will launch the NEXIEZ-GPX, a new line of NEXIEZ-series elevator for Central and South America on November...
KONE to deliver eco-efficient escalators
KONE has been awarded a contract by EE Cruz and Tully Construction to supply nine heavy-duty transit escalators as part of the New York...
No mandatory maintenance for elevators in Zimbabwe
The lives of thousands of Zimbabweans who use elevators are at risk as it has emerged that most of the machines have become death...
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...
Schindler Now Offers PORT Technology with 400AE MRLS
The Schindler 400AE™ machine room-less traction elevator is now available with the company’s PORT Technology destination-dispatch system as an option. With this technology, the...
Otis Opens LEED® Gold Standard Plant in Chongqing, China
New Energy-Efficient Facility Reinforces Otis’ Continued Investment in China and Overall Global Growth Strategy
On September 21, Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies...
Mitsubishi Electric to Install High-Speed Elevators
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it has received orders for the installation of high-speed elevators in Chengdu Hilton International Square and Chengdu International Mart,...
Manitoba requires regular inspection on EDPPD
Inspections and Technical Services Manitoba (ITSM) has announced that elevating devices for persons with disabilities (EDPPDs) will now be subject to regular inspections and will require...