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Wooden ceiling of Wales Assembly Government building in Cardiff Bay. Architecural details.

VT Helped by Sustainability

[…] The company is conferring with architects to understand how VT needs to change. (Also see Adaptable and Innovative on p. 100 for more on Schindler MetaCore, a product for when buildings need to change or add functions.) Sustainability in the Elevator Industry – Impact Review by TAK Mathews. This paper was presented at the […]

A Tower of Success - 01

A Tower of Success

Othman Benjelloun is a Moroccan billionaire banker whose many investment ideas may have translated into reality over the years.

Elevator System Weights — A Critical Mass

Elevator System Weights – A Critical Mass

[…] fixed compensation. Now, let’s give some thought to what a 300- to 500-lb variation would mean in terms of elevator system balancing. The simple calculation is the product of CWT minus car weight divided into the car capacity. Example using round numbers: 6000 lb (CWT) minus a 4500-lb car = 1500 lb. 1500 lb […]

Championing Urbanization -01

Championing Urbanization

Your author (LF) speaks to Florian Troesch (FT), vice president of Schindler PORT Technology at Schindler Group, about the company's role in this important topic.

“Doorman!”

“Doorman!”

The title sounds interesting to you, doesn't it? In fact, in the year 1976, the sentence "Being a doorman is our profession, thankfully"

Are We Prepared - 01

Are We Prepared?

Technological innovation surrounds all areas of our lives, and this should make us think about situations that would not be desirable

Increased Safety for Elevator Doors -01

Increased Safety for Elevator Doors

[…] of Public Health at the Indiana University School of Medicine that provide detail on injuries still occurring in passenger elevator applications. All studies utilized the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a database that provides injury statistics based on emergency room visits at one of 100 NEISS-designated hospitals. […]