Family Businesses
Trust, Value and Communication
This Readers’ Platform spotlights three family-run companies. In North America, most installation, repair, service and inspection of elevators, escalators, moving walks and other conveyance equipment is done by elevator constructors...
Technology’s Role in Elevator Business Succession Planning
In this Readers’ Platform, your author observes that advanced ERP software can mitigate risk and put owners in the driver’s seat. The independent elevator contractor industry has a significant proportion...
The DTM Dynasty
Members of the Montesano family talk about what it’s like to be part of a family business. photos courtesy of DTM A little more than a decade ago, your author...
Small Family Businesses Make Big Impacts
This Leadership Insights piece looks at what this segment of the VT industry can offer. For more than 35 years, my mom ran her own produce business. My siblings and...
Growing Along the Gulf
Each Erwin family member brings a particular strength to the family business. Starting in 1982 as Southeast Elevators and bought in 2019 by Robyn and Steve Erwin, Elevated Fabrication Systems...
Building on Legacy
Through five generations of leadership, innovation remains a constant for The Peelle Co. JT Peelle JT Peelle (JTP) was appointed president and CEO of The Peelle Co. in July 2022,...
A New Start
Immigrant who arrived from Ireland in 1984 with US$200 grows Bronx-based Start Elevator into major employer. When the Bronx Chamber of Commerce honored Start Elevator founder and President Jack O’Shea...
Arrow Lift
Accessibility and home elevator company credits success to faith, family and teamwork. Duluth, Minnesota-based family business Arrow Lift has been serving clients through sales, installation and maintenance of accessibility lifts...
