Successful event brings new possibilities to the emerging Bangladesh vertical-transportation market. The International Elevator and Escalator Industry (IEE) Expo 2015 was held on February 10-12 at the under-construction International Convention City in Bashundhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event was graced by Mosharraf Hossain, minister, Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Bangladesh. It included enthusiastic participation by…
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Massive project blends technology, style and strength. The Wittur Center of Competence in Zaragoza, Spain, assembled a team of specialists to tailor the vertical-transportation system for the new, fourth line of the Budapest Metro, a project that has been in the works since approximately 1970. The line’s 32 elevators were designed one by one before…
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This lift was one of several installed in the Selfridges department store (considered the most glamorous department store in London by the 1920s) in 1928. Owner Gordon Selfridge had the bronze and cast-iron lifts installed in 1928, in time for Selfridges’ 20th anniversary celebrations in 1929. The interior metal panels (depicting cranes and known as…
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Rack-and-pinion solutions large and small among vertical-access offerings Customized Construction Hoists Alimak Hek debuted two new rack-and-pinion construction hoists during the Bauma China trade exhibition in Changshu, China, in late 2014. The ALIMAK SC 65/32 and SC 45/30 are available with single or dual cars, and have payload capacity of 2000 kg per car and…
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Transition, forecasting and kudos mark buzzing activity. Böhnke + Partner under New Management Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Wiemer has become works manager of Böhnke + Partner Steuerungssysteme GmbH. Based in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, the company is a subsidiary of the Schmersal Group, and develops, designs and produces components, controllers and remote diagnostics systems for the lift industry.…
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Condos, hotels continue to multiply in the Big Apple. KONE to Handle Historic Modernization in NYC KONE has been hired to renovate 28 elevators and install four escalators and two elevators at 11 Madison Avenue, a historic 30-story office property in Midtown Manhattan. KONE products include TravelMasterTM escalators, the ReVolutionTM modernization package, EcoDisc® hosting technology,…
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Our cover this month allows us to revisit the beautiful Berlin TV Tower in Going to the Next Level at “Alex.” It started operation in 1969, 20 years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the elevators have been modernized for the second time now. In addition to more photos from the tower in…
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Growing elevator control valve manufacturer is spotlighted for its development, testing, education and training across 46 years. by Karl Keller History Maxton Manufacturing Co. dates back to 1949, when William M. Shrum, Jr. established a small independent elevator company, Coast Elevator, on which Maxton was later founded in 1968. Maxton has tested and developed valve…
Read More Keeping up with codes governing the North American elevator industry can be exhausting but is always necessary, this Readers Platform explains. by Jim Runyan I always marvel at how we can build structures of immense size with intricate inner workings, considering the complexity of safety standards that rule their construction. When we consider just one…
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An exploration of one of the biggest problems in today’s U.S. elevator industry and what is being done about it Problems As the elevator market has slowly recovered from the 2008 economic downturn, hiring has steadily increased in the industry. In the U.S., such growth has been spurred by the wider construction industry, where spending…
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