Coles to Lead EHC’s North American Operations EHC Global, an Oshawa-based manufacturer of escalator handrails and other components for the vertical- transportation (VT) industry, has named Jeff Coles managing director of North American Operations, the company announced in September. Coles has about 20 years of management experience in the VT industry, beginning in service sales…
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Cibes Lift Group Acquires Sweden’s Hiss i SkÃ¥ne Elevator manufacturer Cibes Lift Group, which is headquartered in Gävle, Sweden, and has roughly 560 employees worldwide, recently acquired Hiss i SkÃ¥ne, a lift modernization, installation and maintenance specialist based in Malmö, Sweden, that has close to 30 employees. With approximately 2,200 lifts under service today, Hiss…
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Otis to Supply 190 Units for Kuwait Airport’s New Terminal Otis Kuwait has been awarded a contract to supply 190 elevators for the new Passenger Terminal 2 at Kuwait International Airport, the company announced on September 16. The contract calls for the installation of 171 Gen2â„¢ units with capacities up to 5000 kg and 19…
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Test Tower Design Streamlined thyssenkrupp has chosen a new, simpler-looking design for the 420-ft-tall test tower it plans to build in metropolitan Atlanta, Curbed Atlanta reported in September. The company’s high rise, part of its under-construction North American headquarters, is set to be the tallest building in Cobb County, a fast-growing suburb of the Georgia…
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Central Park Tower Tops Out Construction on Central Park Tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, March 2016, December 2018), the tallest residential building in NYC, has topped out at 1,550 ft, giving the supertall the highest roof in the Western Hemisphere, the source reported in September. The slim, reinforced concrete structure also known as 217 West 57th Street…
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OSHA, VT Industry Team Up to Promote Safety OSHA has entered into an alliance with key vertical- transportation (VT) industry stakeholders in an initiative to promote workplace health and safety and protect workers, officials announced in September. In the two-year project, OSHA and its VT industry partners will provide information, guidance and training resources to…
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Otis Appoints Rahul Ghai CFO Otis, in the process of separating from United Technologies Corp. as a standalone enterprise, has named Rahul Ghai as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Yahoo Finance reported in September. In a company announcement, Otis called Ghai an accomplished CFO with proven experience and expertise across financial functions, including investor relations, accounting,…
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Innovation Industries Acquires VCI Russellville, Arkansas-based Innovation Industries, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of elevator fixtures and components, announced on August 30 it acquired Virginia Controls Inc. (VCI) of Richmond, Virginia, from longtime owner and outgoing President Fred Landon. Landon said Innovation stood out from other potential buyers due to its reputation and its products…
Read More A funny thing happened to me at a recent National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) Field Safety Committee meeting in New York. One of the attendees was the grandson of a man who was on the original committee, started by Elevator World, Inc. in 1973. I was at that first meeting, working for my father at…
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ELEVATOR WORLD Correspondent Peng Jie took this photo at World Elevator & Escalator Expo 2019 in Shanghai. It made him consider that we have little poetry in elevator-related publications: “Indeed, poetry is a valuable treasure shared globally in varied languages. Why not let it be shared by our elevator industry? Poetry may go to varied…
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