Editor’s Overview

ELEVATOR WORLD in Our DNA

ELEVATOR WORLD was conceived over seven decades ago in the mind of my father, William C. Sturgeon, who had returned from the war and joined his father-in-law’s small elevator company....

Industry Quake

The industry seems to be going through a period of contraction and expansion – sort of an industry shake-up. Usually, this is due to the OEMs buying up smaller companies...

A Brimming Events Calendar

Fall in Europe was like a smorgasbord of conferences and exhibitions delayed for two years or more, all following one another in a matter of days. It’s official now -...

Rising to a Higher Level With Self-Reliance

There’s a passage of dialogue in a popular Bollywood movie, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge, where the lead actor making a winning move on the chess board is complimented on the...

Successful Events and Safety

In this final issue of 2022, Issue 113, we close the year by reporting on two of the U.K. lift industry’s biggest and most important events, the Lift & Escalator...

November – December Editor’s Overview

Dear Elevator World Türkiye readers, We have left behind quite a busy period since many events that could not be organized at the right time due to COVID-19, which impacted...

A New Way To See the Job

Recently, I received a press release titled, “Delivering a Large Construction Project with a Digital Twin.” At first, I thought they were talking about a 3D model (commonly used by...

An Eventful Year

We close 2022 on the heels of many big industry events, some of which will be reported on in this publication’s next issue. The global ELEVATOR WORLD team has recently...

Mirror, Mirror

This month, we feature the results of an industry survey in A Mirror to the Industry, a follow-up to many surveys done in the past two years to assess the...

Taking the Pulse

As we move from summer into fall, countries around the world are taking stock of the situations affecting the economy: COVID-19 and other viruses, war in Ukraine, inflation, material shortages...

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