Residential elevator safety, growth of NAEC membership and the ever-improving economy topped discussions during a week full of education. The Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa in Fort Myers, Florida, hosted the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) 2014 Educational Conference March 29-April 1. Record-breaking attendance of 244 ensured big crowds for member meetings, educational sessions…
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Turkey’s Asansör Dünyası becomes part of the Elevator World, Inc. family. A relationship formed nearly 20 years ago between Elevator World, Inc., founder William C. Sturgeon and Istanbul-based Asansör Dünyası magazine founder Muzaffer Baştakar came full circle on May 1 with the acquisition of Asansör Dünyası by Elevator World. Asansör Dünyası, which translates to “Elevator…
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Now in the hands of a third generation, Munich, Germany’s Riedl Aufzüge continues to thrive after 80 years, thanks to innovative products and focused relationship building. His employer’s 1930 bankruptcy ended up opening doors for 35-year-old Munich blacksmith Hans Riedl. The shift in fortune prompted Riedl to change careers to elevator maintenance, and he went…
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The first anniversary of the tourist elevator on Mount Tianping, China, was celebrated in February. The 120-m-tall Sicher GROS20 elevator can carry 1,260 passengers per hour and was challenging to install, because, according to the Shanghai Elevator Trade Association, the landmark could not “do harm to the Tianping style.” Germany Sicher designed the unit, and…
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Components that promote safety and unusual residential systems are featured this month. Safety Products To Be Launched at WEEE Avire is launching two products at the World Elevator & Escalator Expo (WEEE) 2014, to take place on May 16-19 in Guangzhou, China. Memco’s C100 emergency telephone can be surface or flush mounted, or installed behind…
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Huge project in Iraq among evidence of strong first quarter Hyundai Elevator Lands 1,668-Unit Deal — Its Biggest Ever Seoul-based Hyundai Elevator Co. has secured a 1,668-unit, US$63-million contract to outfit all apartments in Bismaya New City, a planned city approximately 10 km southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, with elevators through 2019, Yonhap News Agency reported.…
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Schindler announced the grand opening of its new manufacturing facility in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in February. The factory earned what the company calls “North America’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold green-building certification for an elevator manufacturing plant.” Part of the Schindler global supply chain, the 150,000 sq.-ft. facility will provide support for…
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This month, our cover story explores the newly reopened Polaris revolving lounge atop the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. The lounge, and the elevators that serve the hotel, are iconic, replicated many times over in buildings designed by John C. Portman, Jr. However, in their infancy, the atrium elevators attracted crowds all by themselves. Your publisher…
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The history of Peelle and the vertical biparting freight-elevator door are inextricably linked. Although it was incorporated in New York City (NYC) in 1905, The Peelle Co. traces its roots to Richmond, Indiana, where Caleb Peelle found himself attracted to the elevator industry due to the amount of industrialization taking place on the East Coast.…
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Fred Anzley Annett (1879-1959), author of Electric Elevators: Their Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, provides a critical framework for this introductory history of elevator-door reversal devices.
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