More: Learn how to survive a plummeting elevator. We live in a vertical world. Despite suburban sprawl, most of Earth's population is packed into cities that have nowhere to go but up. With ...

— -- After Elisha Otis created the safety elevator in 1852, the world changed. The Connecticut inventor, who was born 201 years ago today, perfected a safety brake that prevented an elevator from ...

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta recently announced a $40 million grant to Montgomery County, Md., to fund construction projects to improve traffic and pedestrian safety at Walter Reed National ...

Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Elevator Engineering Hong Kong has received an order for 160 elevators, escalators, and moving sidewalks from Hong Kong developer, Sun Hung Kai Properties, for the Hong Kong ...

HIKONE, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fujitec India Private Ltd. (Head Office: Kanchipuram, India; Managing Director Shakir Ahmed), a group subsidiary of FUJITEC CO., LTD. (Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture, ...

CYPRESS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Elevator and Escalator Division of Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., headquartered in Cypress, California, continues to grow and is now serving elevator and escalator ...