Editor’s Overview
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...
Calling On Visionaries
Some 25 years ago, my father, William C. Sturgeon, (with the help of others in the industry) tried to imagine what the building transportation world would be like in the...
The Future Is Upon Us!
by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick Twenty-five years ago, my father had a vision. He called it “seeing into the future with 2020 Vision.” He invited many of the great visionaries in our...
Moving Toward A New Normal
As we go to press, it is a troubled time for all of us around the world. For a while now, we have had to physically cut ourselves off from...
Year End Comes With Three E’s
by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick The last issue of 2019 comes packed with Event reporting, a focus on Escalators and the Ellies! The Ellies is the awards program that became an overnight...
Full Circle
A funny thing happened to me at a recent National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) Field Safety Committee meeting in New York. One of the attendees was the grandson of a...
See You in Bavaria
Augsburg, Germany, is a quaint little town in Bavaria about an hour from Munich. It was the childhood home of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and is one of Germany’s oldest cities,...
The Pretty Side
It would be easy to dismiss cabs and doors as just the “pretty” side of the elevator business; however, the way the cab looks and the way the doors work...
