Company Spotlight

Formula For Growth

Infrastructure projects have key role in success of Johnson Lifts. Jagannathan With a comprehensive product range in elevators and escalators, Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. has experienced exponential growth over the...

Building Bridges

Boston-based Eagle Elevator has carved out a piece of the U.S. East Coast market with a focus on customer service and willingness to tackle tough jobs. Hawks buffeted by a...

Outreach Enrichment

MEI takes extra steps to show employees the impact of its charitable giving. Giving back to the community is an important part of any business, but MEI Total Elevator Solutions...

TEI Celebrates 30 Years

NYC’s largest independent says it’s thrived by sticking to core values of safety, quality and integrity over the long term. TEI Group is a privately, independently owned shop with more...

Cutting-Edge, Service-Oriented

Virginia Controls has a 50-plus-year legacy of building state-of-the-art VT equipment, enhanced by a customer-first approach. Virginia Controls, Inc. (VCI) has been building vertical-transportation (VT) controllers for more than half...

A Unified Vision

Vantage brings industry giants together under a single umbrella. Since its September 2018 debut, the Vantage group brand — an umbrella company over several major names in elevator manufacturing —...

Meeting Challenges, Making Plans

South Africa’s Wesant Manufacturing prioritizes training to lay groundwork for growth. As international and local vertical- transportation (VT) companies seek to improve the country’s technical and functional expertise, South Africa...

Finding a Niche

Kenya’s ECL positions itself for growth by focusing on maintenance and repair. As competition for new-installation contracts intensifies in the African vertical-transportation (VT) market as a result of booming construction,...

Ready for the World

Longtime door-maker Meiller is planning an expansion beyond its European home. Historically, elevator door manufacturer Meiller Aufzugtüren GmbH has served German- speaking regions of Europe from its home base in...

Delaware Elevator and the NAEC Education Committee Meeting

Your author tours Delaware Elevator, visits a restored distillery and gets to know Salisbury, Maryland. Two months ago, David Smarte called about a National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) Education...

LeCardi

LeCardi Named Metro Elevator VP of Modernization

The PUKKA project; image courtesy of realestate.eg

Schindler To Provide Elevators For Cairo NAC Project

BUCHER HYDRAULICS ACQUIRING FINLAND’S HYDMAN OY

Bucher Hydraulics Acquiring Finland’s Hydman Oy

Stack

In Memoriam: Thomas Stack

(l-r) Don Gelestino with his father, Donald Gelestino; image courtesy of Don Gelestino

In Memoriam: Gelestino’s Namesake Father