UltraRope is a big reason why KONE won Kingdom Tower contract. The past few decades have brought dozens of historic innovations in architecture and buildings. For example, the tube structure created by Fazlur Khan paved the way for Chicago’s Willis Tower and heavily influenced today’s tallest standing tower, Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Game-changing advances like…
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Whether they follow their families into the business or strike out on their own, children of elevator-industry people often have bright and exciting lives. Juan Martín Maldecena, son of longtime ELEVATOR WORLD Correspondent Carmen Maldecena and world-renowned theoretical physicist, comes to mind. Now, there is another rising star in our “elevator world”: Kristen Schaeffer, daughter…
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Technology enhances gearless drive, protection and motion control; IPL platform gets a makeover. Gearless Drive System for Elevator Doors Siemens has extended its Sidoor range with a gearless drive system for elevator doors. The Sidoor ATE500E model introduces electronically commutated technology to the lineup, requiring less maintenance and exhibiting less wear than DC drives. The…
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Sematic Appoints Executives Italy-based Sematic Group announced appointments to its top management positions in April, naming Stefano Socci as CEO and Francesco Spotorno as chief financial officer. Before joining Sematic, Socci was CEO of Nicotra Gebhart, market leader of fan systems for residential and commercial uses. Previously, he was managing director of Faber, and, before…
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Details on 2 WTC Emerge Rupert Murdoch’s media companies News Corp. and 21st Century Fox are considering building a joint headquarters in a new 88-story building at the World Trade Center (WTC), The New York Times reported in April. According to an ELEVATOR WORLD source, a deal has been struck with the Port Authority of…
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Recently, I read an article in Newsweek that I thought gave an unexpected boost to the elevator industry. The article refers to Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat, which proposed that technology in the 21st century would allow people to participate in the global economy from the comfort of home or any other remote…
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Mass-transit stations, airports and other facilities benefit from audible safety products. Sound View Electronics has been making automated messaging systems and improving escalator safety for more than 15 years. The Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, company strives to provide a product that delivers messages that are crisp and easy to understand, even in cavernous areas. They have…
Read More How to ensure a building’s emergency-communications system is legal and code compliant Property managers and building owners are liable for the elevators in their buildings, and they must understand the importance of elevator emergency-communication systems and how to test them to ensure they are running properly. Likewise, it is helpful for elevator contractors to be…
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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…
Read More 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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