The final installment of our look at the role of teagles and hoists in early elevators This month’s article is the third and last in a series on W. Sydney Smith’s Report on the Construction, Arrangement, and Fencing of Hoists and Teagles of 1904. It addresses the safety devices covered in the report and includes…
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Details of the International Association of Elevator Contractors’ (IAEC) 18th-annual dinner cruise, held in New York City aboard the Princess On August 18, despite the forecasted rain, the International Association of Elevator Contractors (IAEC) held its 18th-annual dinner cruise in New York City at Pier 81 aboard the Princess. It had been one of the…
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A brief look back at the Elevator Conference of New York’s second-annual supplier showcase The Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) hosted its second-annual Supplier Showcase on April 6 at the Villa Barone Catering Hall in Bronx, New York. More than 500 industry members attended the event, including building owners, consultants, suppliers and contractors, in…
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Industry consultants were welcomed to company headquarters for a demonstration of several products. Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp. and GAL Manufacturing Corp. hosted 30 industry consultants for a three-day event at the Hollister-Whitney headquarters in Quincy, Illinois, on May 23-25. Guests arrived to a dinner reception and cruise onboard the historic Mark Twain riverboat. The evening allowed…
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Members of the China Elevator Association gathered in Hangzhou to learn more about Xizi Elevator Group. Earlier this year, an eminent group of elevator-safety specialists, top officers from the China Elevator Association, and other VIPs of the global elevator industry visited Xizi Elevator Group Co. Ltd., part of Xizi United Holding Corp. (UHC), in Hangzhou,…
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In September, NAEC announced the news of initial accreditation under ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 for the Certified Elevator Technician (CET®) educational program. During its September 13 General Business Session, the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) was pleased to announce the big news of initial accreditation under ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 for the Certified Elevator Technician (CET®) certification program.…
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A recap of September’s National Association of Elevator Contractors’ (NAEC) Annual Convention & 2011 Expo held in New Orleans Since its formal establishment in 1950, the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) has directed its efforts to the interests of independent elevator contractors and suppliers of products and services. Promoting safe and reliable elevator and…
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ThyssenKrupp Elevator Italia equipped this Italian building with advanced vertical-transportation technology capable of moving 350,000 people through the complex each year. Milan, Italy’s Lombardy region headquarters, known as L’Altra Sede, is the first public building of its kind constructed in the city since 1450, when Castello Sforzesco was erected. Designed by the international consor-tium of…
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Recently, a pair of The Peelle Co. escalators was discovered in Austin, Texas, after being hidden by flower boxes for nearly 40 years. Originally installed in 1955 in a five-story building that housed the American National Bank, the units are among the city’s first escalators. In 1971, the building was purchased by the state, and…
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Alimak Hek has announced the extension of its light lift range with the introduction of HEK TPL 500 and 300. It is designed to be flexible, robust and simple. Applications are direct to buildings and scaffoldings for both new construction and refurbishment. The products are available in either three phase with 500-kg capacity or single…
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