Mississauga-based manufacturer sees customers’ tastes evolve. by Florence Facchini Over the past few years, Federal Elevator has seen new trends emerging for residential elevators, including automation and customized finishing. Customers are looking for personal elevators that can fit their existing home, décor and lifestyle. Here are a few marketplace trends: Automatic sliding doors: Elevator cab…
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Cambridge-based supplier has offered quality fixtures to the VT industry for 60-plus years. by Matt Irvin Dupar Controls, based in Cambridge, has been supplying the vertical-transportation (VT) industry for more than 60 years. Launched in 1958 by U.K.-based Dewhurst Group, Dupar supplies push buttons, panels, keypads and touchscreens to elevator contractors, both independents and OEMs,…
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Mississauga-based company has grown to have a strong global presence in only 15 years. by Anupa Simon MAD stands for “Mainline And DMG,” a partnership that started between the Italian fixtures manufacturer DMG SpA and Mississaugabased Mainline Elevators more than 15 years ago. In that time, the company has developed an expanded product line, with…
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The adoption of B44-16 affects elevating equipment owners and contractors in B.C. by Nav Chahal Technical Safety BC oversees the safe installation and operation of technical systems and equipment across British Columbia, one of Canada’s busiest provinces. Its safety oversight covers all types of elevating devices, such as elevators, escalators and moving walks. As the…
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Mohawk College looks to supply the industry with skilled technicians through its new program and advanced elevator training facility. by Lee Freeland Hamilton, Ontario’s Mohawk College has a new diploma program, “Mechanical Technician — Elevating Devices.” With all 25 modules of EDM-A 636-E apprenticeship embedded within, it offers students advanced laboratory facilities, including a new…
Read More An examination of the industry exploits of “the pioneer of the elevator business in Canada” by Dr. Lee Gray, EW Correspondent The history of the recent past occasionally has an unintended consequence — it conceals the history of the more distant past. A search for information on a given topic may reveal useful material that…
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Exploring the grand hotels of the great Canadian railway and the crucial part elevators played in making them possible by Joshua Nelson By the end of the 19th century, Canada was entering a full cultural and technological transformation. Across the newly formed nation, cities of stone, brick and wood were quickly rising, but trade between…
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CECA members communicate well, work hard on association projects and know how to party. by Catharine Bothwell The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has a long history that started in 1972 (ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2018). Labor problems in the elevator industry brought together several independent elevator contractors in Montreal, who shared their concerns and decided…
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Vancouver-based consultant looks back on 40 years in the industry.
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Urbanization, infrastructure expansion among factors driving Canadian VT industry. by Kaija Wilkinson Residential, commercial and retail construction in Canada’s three largest cities — Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal — is fueling the verticaltransportation (VT) industry. Trends of seven years ago — urbanization, speculative real estate activity and mixed-use construction with a heavy residential component (ELEVATOR WORLD,…
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