Fast-growing AVT Beckett continues making its name in Canada as it looks to expand to the U.S. At a height of 246 m and a diameter of 21 m, the thyssenkrupp test tower in Rottweil, Germany, dominates the countryside. The company has invested more than EUR40 million (US$46.5 million) in the tower, and now has…
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thyssenkrupp unveils, celebrates the first fully functional MULTI elevator system at its Rottweil, Germany, test tower. More than 200 elevator-industry experts, high-profile developers, architects, engineers and journalists from around the world convened June 22 at the thyssenkrupp Elevator innovation test tower in the historic, picturesque town of Rottweil, Germany, for the unveiling of what’s being…
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ELEVATOR WORLD Correspondent and Managing Director of U.K.-based consultancy LECS (UK) Ltd. David Cooper married Louisa Wilson on May 6 at the Hotel du Vin in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K. Cooper told us that, by “complete coincidence,” Wilson’s two cousins, based in Toronto, are also elevator engineers for major OEMs. Those “lifting” the beaming bride…
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In-Building Guidance System Mitsubishi Electric now offers an in-building guidance system that uses illuminated projections to provide building visitors with directions and detailed elevator status information. The system guides visitors to elevators, restrooms and other building facilities via large illuminations projected onto floors and walls. For each elevator, the current floor location and level of…
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KONE Wins Order for 69 Units at Mall KONE has won an order to supply 69 elevators and escalators to Funan DigitaLife Mall, a mixed-use development. The mall is designed as a unique lifestyle destination, and will follow a live-work-play model. The integrated development will include two premium Grade A office towers, a residential block…
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Canadian Business reported that, as property owners try to cut costs, technicians report a dangerous lack of maintenance. Due to the intense competition between multinational elevator companies, it continued, some technicians rush through hundreds of maintenance jobs per month with time limits as short as 7 min. per visit. It also noted that elevator technicians…
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Wittur: Marx Interim CEO as Wohlhauser Steps Down Patrik Wohlhauser and the supervisory board of The Wittur Group have mutually agreed to part ways, with Gerrit Marx, an operating partner at Bain Capital, filling the CEO role held by Wohlhauser since Wittur’s merger with Sematic in spring 2016 (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2015). Marx has been…
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Mitsubishi India Wins Large Order for Tech Park Mitsubishi Elevator India Pvt. Ltd. (IMEC) has won an order for 178 units at a technology business park in Bengaluru, the company announced on June 13. It said the deal represents the largest-ever single order for an elevator company at an information technology park in India. The…
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GGC Acquires GAL, GAL Canada, Hollister-Whitney, Names CEO, CFO Golden Gate Capital’s (GGC) acquisition of GAL Manufacturing Corp., GAL Canada and Hollister-Whitney closed on June 26, and a new CEO president and chief financial officer (CFO) for the three companies were introduced on June 27. Mark Boelhouwer is CEO and president, with Angelo Messina as…
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The Pearl Group of Hotels has unveiled its newest project, the Pearl Grand Tower Hotel. It will be in the center of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s commercial district and surrounded by many other luxury developments. The group also engaged with Aitken Spence Elevators, the exclusive distributor for Otis elevators in Sri Lanka, to install and maintain…
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