Triannual trade show boasts big numbers in its 31st iteration.
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The final phase of Baxter’s career included significant contributions as a technical writer, new engineering projects and pursuits, and a return to elevator technology and design. Baxter Electric Motor Co. was declared insolvent in October 1894, and its assets were sold at auction in May 1895. This was the third company bearing William Baxter, Jr.’s…
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Liftinstituut demonstrates high-energy-performance requirement of thyssenkrupp escalators based on a series of measurements. The North-South metro line in Amsterdam, which has many lifts, escalators and moving walks, recently began service. Liftinstituut carried out energy-performance-certificate (EPC) measurements and commissioning tests for all 91 escalators and the four moving walks. Your author talked about the measurements with…
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Updated entrapment-prevention device has a host of advantages. Brazil-based controller manufacturer Infolev has released a new, economical version of INFOSAFE, which is designed to prevent elevator entrapment. It is for the Latin American market and intended to help avoid the uneasiness of users who fear elevator entrapment if there is an interruption in power. While…
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EW gets an inside look at the VT system that will serve a skyline-defining NYC supertall. Photos by John Dimaio Like a maestro, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) architect James von Klemperer animatedly draws in the air with his index finger to paint a picture of One Vanderbilt, a new supertall rising next to Grand Central…
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The EN 81-20/-50 standards for lifts, produced by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) international, has been accepted. In Europe, the EN 81-20/-50 standards for lifts have been in place since August 31, 2017. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standardization committee TC 178 adopted these European CEN standards as ISO standards and published them…
Read More A closer look at the information system and the kinds of companies utilizing it This article was first presented at the 2018 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Istanbul. For more information on December 3-4, 2019’s event in Las Vegas and to participate, visit www.elevatorsymposium.org. In today’s world of business, finding ways to manage information…
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Big improvements in a historic Dallas building where the first elevator music was heard The Statler, one of Dallas’ downtown landmarks that once entertained iconic movie stars and presidents, underwent a US$250-million renovation in 2015-2017. Originally designed by architect William B. Tabler, the 19-story building opened in 1956. It featured many guest-related innovations, such as…
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Vantage Elevator Solutions opened its first regional service center, a Miami-area facility serving the Southeast U.S., in June 2018. The company deemed this dedicated service location a success and has since replicated it in locations around the U.S. and Canada. The Vantage Southeast Regional Service Center occupies an unassuming building on a tree-lined avenue in…
Read More Oracle Elevator discusses what’s attractive about the region and how its presence there will lead to further growth. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Oracle Elevator provides maintenance, repair and modernization for OEM vertical- transportation (VT) equipment. The company has been growing, acquiring companies throughout the South — most recently in Atlanta (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2018) —…
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