Blain Hydraulics Opens Shanghai Location Blain Hydraulics GmbH has opened a location in Shanghai to expand its footprint in China, the company announced in January. The move came within five years of the German supplier expanding in India, Turkey, Brazil and the U.S. Marking 50 years in business in 2021, Blain aims “to expand further…
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Schmersal Introduces “Webshop” The Schmersal Group has unveiled a new “webshop” for customers in the U.K. and Ireland. It links Schmersal’s online catalog to an automated ordering and shipping system, “creating a convenient and secure purchasing tool available to customers around the clock,” according to the Malvern, U.K.-based company. Approximately 6,000 safety and automation products,…
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CECA Postpones Halifax Convention; Looks to Montreal in 2022 The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has postponed its 2021 Halifax convention to June 2023. The CECA Board of Directors said the decision, announced in January, was based on: Nova Scotia COVID-19 regulations regarding in-person meetings and a mandated two-week quarantine for anyone entering the province…
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Alimak of Skellefteå, Sweden, has launched the new Alimak LSH construction hoist in China. Designed for use inside elevator
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TJEI Records 161-Elevator Order, Its Largest Toshiba Johnson Elevators (India) Pvt. Ltd. (TJEI) has secured its largest residential segment order for design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 161 fully imported Toshiba elevators spread across eight residential projects in Pune. The units run at 1.75 m/s, serving contractor VTP Group’s projects including Blue Water, Pegasus,…
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We begin 2021 with the hope that we will soon be able to regain a sense of normalcy in our lives. As more and more COVID-19
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OEM expands Northeast footprint, and unique system takes shape.
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Acquisition, transitions, events and more in the recovering continent.
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A local company gets a boost, and tower plans evolve.
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Rebuilt, Multibillion-Dollar Midtown Bus Terminal Planned The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey aims to rebuild its 70-year-old bus terminal at 625 Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, a project that will cost billions and unfold through 2030, ABC 7 was among outlets to report in January. Supported by both New York Gov. Andrew…
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