The selection of Montreal as the host city for United 2016 is sure to please lovers of art, history, architecture, shopping and fine dining. The city offers a wealth of all of these things, and members of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA), International Association of Elevator Consultants (IAEC) and the National Association of Elevator…
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Elevator industry makes a good showing at large tradeshow. Just south of Washington, D.C., lies a small development along the Potomac River in Maryland known as National Harbor. On June 25-28, this bustling place was the site of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International 2016 Conference, which saw a crowd of more than…
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Worldwide Spain-based Fermator is the largest mono-product manufacturer of automatic doors and spare parts for lifts in the world. The Reus, Spain-based Fermator Group has seen phenomenal growth over the past few years. While it had enjoyed much recent expansion and high revenue when ELEVATOR WORLD last covered it in detail (EW, October 2007), it…
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The small town of Quincy, Illinois, welcomes a big crowd for Elevator U (EU). This summer, 172 industry professionals from across the country joined together in Quincy, Illinois, for the 19th annual Elevator U (EU) Conference. The small town is home to Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp.’s factory, which, along with Illinois State University (ISU) in Normal,…
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Best show in 28-year history held in London. by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick and Bülent Yılmaz When arriving in London, one cannot avoid the bevy of construction cranes. They are everywhere in the city and in the villages surrounding it. Two recent mayors of London approved almost any kind of building – some 80% luxury apartments –…
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At LVM Kristall in Münster, Germany, Schindler designed a vertical-transportation system that blends style, technology and efficiency. Schindler Deutschland AG & Co. KG is justifiably proud of the vertical-transportation system it delivered to client Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungsverein Münster A.G. (LVM), an insurance firm, for its headquarters in downtown Münster, Germany, in 2014. Consisting of a trio…
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Lift Emotion BV, based in Meppel, the Netherlands, manufactures custom elevators for some of the most luxurious yachts and homes in the world (ELEVATOR WORLD, November 2015). Earlier in 2016, the company’s success prompted a move to a new building approximately five times its previous facility’s size. In May, its principals hosted an open house,…
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Encoders, software and advanced safety devices Single-Turn Encoders for Gearless Drives Gearless, or direct, drives are used in elevator technology for their high torque at low rotation frequencies and their smooth and silent operation. This leads to specific requirements for associated encoders: short control cycles with high resolution and reliability. Kübler states that these characteristics…
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KONE Wins 62-Elevator Order in Hanoi KONE has won an order to supply 62 elevators to Goldmark City in Hanoi, Vietnam. Being developed by Viet Han Trading, Goldmark City includes nine 40-story buildings containing 5,000 apartments. The order consists of 57 S MiniSpaceTM elevators operated by EcoDiscTM hoisting technology and five S MonoSpace® machine-room-less elevators,…
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Al-Futtaim Awarded Dubai Maintenance Contract The elevator division of Al-Futtaim Engineering of Dubai has been awarded an annual service and maintenance contract for the 22-unit high-speed Hitachi elevator system serving the Burj Al Salam Tower on Sheik Zayed Road in Dubai, Reuters reported. Al-Futtaim Senior Managing Director Dawood Ozair said he looks forward to exceeding…
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