On September 13, 2008, an adventurous 11-year-old boy in Lyngal, Norway, was hanging from an escalator handrail when he fell and died. Following a political rally at the National Mall on October 30, 2010, the brakes of a crowded escalator in the L’Enfant Plaza Metro in Washington, D.C., failed, sending passengers flying down the escalator.…
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This paper was presented at  Paris 2014, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies, and first published in IAEE book Elevator Technology 20, edited by A. Lustig. It is a reprint with permission from the International Association of Elevator Engineers (website: www.elevcon.com). This paper is an exact reprint and has not been edited by ELEVATOR…
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A mostly aging Europe needs perfect accessibility. With five million lifts installed, the European elevator stock is still the most important in the world, but it has lost its absolute majority of the world stock to Asia, where the number of new elevators installed, particularly in China, is astounding. At the same time, the European…
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Benfield prides itself on custom, 24-hr. service to NYC clients. Every weekday before the sun comes up, delivery trucks rumble out of a series of large, red-brick warehouses making up Benfield Electric and Elevator Supply Corp. in Bronx, New York, carrying all manner of supplies needed to keep vertical-transportation systems running smoothly – traveling cable,…
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A Chinese company rides the innovation wave. The elevator market, world over, is fast outgrowing the singular-component supply stage. The future is all about integrated elevator- control solutions. One of the bigger players in this new frontier is China’s INVT. INVT was one of the earliest companies to provide integrated elevator-control solutions. Today, it is…
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, location throws party, and hosts classes, product demonstrations and a factory tour. To mark its 50th year in business (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2015), on August 5-6, Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. hosted a two-day event at its corporate headquarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The milestone gathering launched with a cocktail party and dinner at…
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A business marked by mutual trust and friendship By Elizabeth Vrdoljakedited and translated by Carmen Maldacena, EW Correspondent For many years, SOIMET – Sociedad Industrial Metalúrgica (Metallurgical Industrial Society) – occupied a seat of honor in the elevator automatic-door and hydraulic-equipment market in Argentina. Even today, many people throughout the global vertical-transportation industry identify the…
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Newly formed entity Pronus is betting the lift industry will benefit from lightweight, strong, corrosion-resistant technology. Pronus, a Hong Kong-registered company, was formed this year by the owners of Sakura Elevator Co. Ltd., half of whom are from the elevator industry and the other half from the composites and construction industry. The company’s purpose is…
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Aspiring forensic scientist Terri Flint took a chance on the elevator industry, and it ended up being the perfect career choice. Jobs were scarce in forensic science when Michigan native Terri Flint graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in that field. Needing to bring home a paycheck, she took a job as…
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Synergy recreates a fair dedicated to the Italian elevator sector. ItaliaEleva 2015 took place on June 18-20 on the premises of Le Robinie Golf Club & Hotels in Solbiate Olona, not far from EXPO Milano in Milan. This initiative was promoted by the Italian national associations representing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the lift…
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