Companies
SmarTork Inc.
The history of the company and the origin of its reel-closure device are explored. The SmarTork™ reel closure was conceived by Kelly L. Marshall in 1986 while having coffee with...
Tecnoamerica Opens Enlarged Facility
The Fermator Group celebrates the expansion of its Brazilian facility, Tecnoamerica, with an open house. The Fermator Group celebrated the expansion of its Brazilian fa-cility, Tecnoamerica, with an open house...
JAZ Elevator Products
This Phoenix-based company provides cladding and architectural products for elevator cabs. JAZ Elevator Products was established in 1997 in Phoenix, becoming one of the first woman-owned fabricators and installers of...
Vertical Dimensions
An overview of a Seattle-based custom cab-interior manufacturer In 1999, four partners founded Vertical Dimensions, Inc. in Seattle, with the intention to provide quality, custom-built elevator cab interiors to the...
Callidus Group
Holland’s Callidus Group specializes in the design, manufacture and installation of industrial elevators for special environments. “Innovation is like art” is a slogan that seems to suit Holland’s Callidus Group....
DigiGage
DigiGage is an Israeli startup company led by two technologically minded entrepreneurs targeting the enhancement of the user experience and ride differentiation of elevators. After two years of development and...
Elevator Modernization at MCE
by Clint Spencer and Emery Thran “Elevator Modernization” is something most of us relate to and agree about its general meaning. But this simple term doesn’t begin to recognize the...
Phoenix Modular Elevator
EW takes a look at Phoenix Modular Elevator, manufacturers and installers of modular elevators since 1998. Phoenix Modular Elevator (PME) has been manufacturing and installing modular elevators across the U.S....
University of Illinois, Escalator Modernization
With only one elevator and 10 escalators, KONE was tasked with providing new vertical-transportation solutions without disrupting the school’s daily operations. Founded in 1859, the University of Illinois College of...
Elevadores Atlas – Schindler’s Green Industrial Unit
It has been worthwhile to revisit Atlas Schindler’s premises in Londrina, Brazil, after several years (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2005). Even though the building is basically the same, the manufacturing processes...
