The manufacturers blame the pandemic. Countries like China, which makes many elevator parts, are still implementing COVID-19 lockdowns, forcing factories making those parts temporarily to close.

According to Todd Williams, President of Heide & Cook, an elevator servicing company, 75% to 80% of them would be considered old. Williams said getting the parts to fix lifts more than 20 years ...

The “Big 4” elevator companies are Otis, Schindler, TK and KONE, according to industry experts. Holland said a lot of apartments around the country, including in Houston, use one of those four ...

NYCHA, New York City’s public-housing agency, is saddled with obsolete elevators and boilers in many of its buildings. A machine shop in Long Island City produces replacement parts that are ...