Dallas, TX – When I say the name Otis, what do you think of? There's Redding and Rush if you're music fans, but for the majority of us who live or work above a second floor, most likely Otis is a name ...

On Sept. 20, 1853, Elisha Graves Otis sold his first “hoist machine,” or elevator, featuring an automatic safety brake he had patented. His seemingly simple invention was designed to stop a platform ...

Elisha Otis demonstrates his new “safety elevator” at the Crystal Palace exposition hall in 1854. Though the illustration shows an assistant cutting the elevator cable with a knife, the Otis Elevator ...

Otis Elevator rolled out its newest application of internet technology Tuesday as it turns to digital operations to reduce elevator maintenance and repairs that are costly to customers and ...

The elevator maker is bringing its fleet into the digital era with a connected solution that leverages IoT sensors and AI in the cloud to help keep its customers’ elevators humming. No one likes to ...

What possible relation is there between a single elevator and an entire forest? Can one be responsible for the other? Well, Otis Elevator is working on doing just that - and connecting the two. The ...

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