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CECA Meets on the West Coast
[…] which took place behind closed doors. The real fun began that evening with EESFC’s fundraising “Casino Night,” which saw two big winners. Joel Frohlinger of Janus Elevator Products best used his play money and won a real prize, an Apple iPad, which he donated to the Pop Frohlinger/Joe Marchese Golf Outing. Karen Piquet of […]
Promotions handed down, and an industry veteran joins team.
Columbia Promotes Employees to Director, Controller Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. has advanced Dione Birdsall to the position of director of customer operations. Columbia states, “Since beginning in 1985 as an estimator, her extensive experience has been key to the development” of its online quotation system and expansion of its customer service model. Birdsall […]
Towers planned in urban centers.
[…] was scheduled to begin in April and is to be complete in the second quarter of 2019. Draka, Datahoist Partner to Bring IoT for Maintenance Draka Elevator Products, a business unit of the Prysmian Group, and Datahoist of Austin, Texas, have announced a partnership to bring cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) services and advanced […]
Sequel: Is 4,000 fpm (20 mps) Enough?
[…] reduced elevator acceleration rate. An update is important. IGBT costs have come down and are predicted to come down further due to increased demand for automobile electrification, production from China (in an industry still led by Japan)[5] and demands to replace SCR drives as power quality becomes an issue. That said, if the costs […]
A JV is formed, factory news and more
[…] makers in China,’ wrote Bank Vontobel analyst Christian Arnold.” Mayr Opens Chinese Factory Mayr Power Transmission’s new plant in Zhangjiagang, China, near Shanghai, has been inaugurated. Its production area of 8,000 m2 provides space for up to 200 employees in production and additional workplaces in the office building. Mayr stated it is expanding and […]
Jim Peskuski
[…] was all new and unique to me. I found out where the components came from, who we bought them from and what they cost. I learned the product pretty well that way.” Peskuski’s second task was not enviable: Matot had recently decided to end longstanding exclusivity agreements with independent elevator companies in cities around […]
Chicago in the Spotlight
[…] Otis established a presence in Chicago in 1870, when Norton Otis (son of Elisha Graves Otis) reached an agreement with Walworth, Brooks & Co. to sell Otis products in the city. It has the distinction of building the elevator system for the circa-1921 Palmolive Building, which would become the first building to have elevator […]
Photo Contest 2016 Winners
Entries remain strong in fourth year of EW competition
Ongoing Jobs
[…] developing Matot’s commercial and residential dumbwaiter markets. Halcomb has more than 20 years of sales experience, including his most recent role as sales engineer at Morgan Bronze Products, Inc. He holds a BA in English from Wheaton College and has completed numerous continuing-education courses that focused on sales. Eklund’s Hires VP of Sales & […]
Industry Comes Together at Columbia Headquarters
Bridgeport, Connecticut, location throws party, and hosts classes, product demonstrations and a factory tour. To mark its 50th year in business (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2015), on August 5-6, Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. hosted a two-day event at its corporate headquarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The milestone gathering launched with a cocktail party and dinner […]