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CORONAVIRUS INDUSTRY UPDATE

ELEVATOR WORLD (EW) has been the vertical-transportation industry’s source for news and information for 67 years, and we aim to continue to be during the coronavirus pandemic affecting readers, advertisers, employees, contributors and associates around the world. With magazines in the U.S., India, the Middle East, Turkey, Europe and the U.K. and a strong online presence, EW has a wide reach. We will share your company news as often as it comes in, so please send it to us at email. Current updates include:

- Italy's IGV Group SpA, observing that lift cars and push buttons are highly exposed to viruses and bacteria, has introduced CARe, an air sanitation and elevator car sterilization kit the company says can be installed in any lift.

- The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) is among U.S. companies and trade groups asking the U.S. Trade Representative's Office to waive tariffs on Chinese goods as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reports. NEII said elevator and escalator parts are “essential to the functions of healthcare facilities, hospitals and medical equipment factories.”

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