New Faces, Old Friends at NEII® Field Safety Committee Meeting A rare New York City (NYC) meeting of The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) Field Safety Committee was held recently, drawing a larger-than-usual crowd and bringing together new members and old friends. Bobby Rodriguez of Otis brought along Kevin Dix as a new member. Dix…
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NEII Hires Executive Director, Moves Following election of its board of directors (ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2016), the National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) has hired a new executive director and is moving its headquarters. Karen Penafiel has assumed the post and will coordinate and manage communications and operations. Her primary focus will be to implement a long-term…
Read More It is with great sadness that the Elevator World, Inc. staff and the international industry mourn the unexpected loss of Robert S. “Bob” Caporale, who was our editor for more than 20 years. He died of cancer on September 5. Bob was not just a writer of elevator lore – he was a husband, a…
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Otis installs first solar-powered Gen2 Switch elevator in France. In 1853, at the World’s Fair in New York City, Elisha Graves Otis effectively launched the modern elevator industry when he demonstrated the effectiveness of his emergency brake after the hoisting rope was cut. In 2015, in Les Bourderies in Rezé, France, Otis’ company installed a…
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Relationships and safety motivate Mark Mullins to move the industry forward. Mark Mullins (MM) is national coordinator of the Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund (EIWPF). He serves on numerous committees and is currently vice chairperson and director at large of the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF). Recently, he spoke with ELEVATOR WORLD about his career,…
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ITALIAELEVA’s third iteration presented by ANICA and ANACAM draws additional exhibitors to a much larger venue. Held at the Rome Marriott Park Hotel on June 16-18, the ITALIAELEVA 2016 conference and fair was bigger and better than ever in its third year, in terms of both number of exhibitors and space occupied. The event retained…
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Upon his retirement after 40 years in the industry, EHC Global founder and Chairman Ron Ball reflects upon his company’s past, present and future. After graduating in 1966 from Ryerson University in Toronto with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Ron Ball worked for nearly 10 years at a nearby Goodyear Engineered Products plant in a…
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Patrick Bass is adapting well to his role as CEO of thyssenkrupp North America. When your author sat down to speak with thyssenkrupp North America CEO Patrick Bass at thyssenkrupp’s regional headquarters in Chicago recently, Bass had just returned from a week of executive training at Harvard Business School. Bass, an engineer who has become…
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Those who read Herres’ two-part Continuing Education series on Oscilloscopes (ELEVATOR WORLD, May and June 2016) may be interested in purchasing one of these instruments. In this review, Herres writes about his recommendation. . . . Editor The big-three oscilloscope makers, Tektronix, LeCroy and Keysight (formerly Agilent) manufacture high-end instruments that have advanced features, astronomical…
Read More Further examination reveals questions in this final article in a series on the standard between its inception in 1921 and 1931. The first three editions of the American Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators employed a standard organizational scheme with regards to core content. The rules proposed to govern elevator and escalator installation and use…
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