Editor’s Overview

A Return to Merchants on the Mediterranean

In early February, T. Bruce MacKinnon, president and CEO of Elevator World Inc. (my son), and Bulent Yılmaz, managing director of ELEVATOR WORLD Europe went on a whirlwind Tour of...

July – August 2020 Editorial

Dear Readers of Elevator World Turkey, At this point in the pandemic, we have left the days of quarantine behind, with the hope of not experiencing it again. With the...

Neighbor to the North Is Booming

by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick Years ago, I heard a comedian at a Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) convention say that one of the differences between Canadians and Americans is, when you...

Cleaning Up in the Aftermath

By Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick By the time you read this, most of us will be out of quarantine and observing a new world where everything seems a little more dangerous —...

Ideas Abound In The New Normal

In three short months, elevators have gone from the safest means of travel in the world to a stressful square space we are reluctant to enter. We are used to...

On Being Essential

by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick We are halfway through a year that has been dominated by a strange virus that has forced the whole world to shelter in place for months. When...

Elevatoring in the Time of Coronavirus

In early January, we decided to have the Elevator World, Inc. Annual General Meeting virtually. It wasn’t because we had to, but because our CEO wanted to try out some...

A Failure to Communicate

by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick About 20 years ago, I was briefly stuck in an elevator in China, alone, in the dark. It was frightening, even to an elevator person. I found...

Elevatoring in the Time of the Virus

In early January, we decided to have Elevator World’s Annual General Meeting virtually. It wasn’t because we had to, but because our CEO wanted to try out some new technology....

Spiral Spectacular

by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick My mother always advised, “Don’t make a spectacle of yourself.” But, somehow, spiral escalators just can’t help themselves. They are awe inspiring. Our cover this month is...

HITACHI ELEVATOR TO FOCUS ON SMART BUILDING IN CHINA

Hitachi Elevator to Focus on Smart Building in China

(l-r) Todd Christensen and Craig Clabaugh

Metro Elevator Opens in Office in Iowa

Diaz

Passion for Acting Leads to VT Career

The extension will include three new stations; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Taiwan to Supply 65 VT Units for MRT Extension

Different views of the proposed tower; images courtesy of RSHP

54-Story City of London Tower Approved