Market Trends
Independent Spirit
Their numbers have dwindled, but Chicago independents are thriving thanks to employee loyalty, lucrative projects, cooperation with colleagues and capitalizing on their niches. by Caleb Givens and Kaija Wilkinson Decades...
China Shining
Despite slower growth, the world’s largest vertical-transportation market is still a land of opportunity. Rapid urbanization created explosive growth for the vertical-transportation market in China in 2003-2013. Although that growth...
Fast-Forward Saudi Arabia
Economically progressive kingdom is a standout among Middle Eastern vertical-transportation markets. Although a looming financial crisis has cast a pall of worry over Saudi Arabia, the kingdom has traditionally been...
Destination: U.A.E.
Technology and style come together in one of the world’s most sophisticated vertical-transportation markets. In tennis, there is a theory that rallying with a player far better than oneself will...
Global Urbanization
Cities to see a 2.5-billion increase in population by 2050. In 1950, urban population represented only 30% of the world’s total population, whereas this figure is expected to more than...
Indonesia Rising
Underlying megatrends such as urbanization and population growth are driving business for vertical-transportation companies in the world’s largest island nation. When Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted the 1974 Conference on Tall Buildings...
United States Looking Up
Construction, including that of skyscrapers and infrastructure, is expected to gain momentum through 2015 and hold steady in 2016, and elevator companies are reaping the rewards. From coast to coast,...
Dubai: Tall Growth on the Desert Coast
Elevators and other forms of people-moving equipment are part of life in this established, growing metropolis. To create urban life in the desert, before all else comes the need for...
MRL Elevators
Traditional systems’ younger sibling is gaining acceptance worldwide, but does it have staying power? One of your reporter’s first assignments for ELEVATOR WORLD was writing about the modernization of the...
Never Too Tall or Too Thin
Supertalls are redefining the 57th Street skyline. New York City (NYC) is undergoing a skyscraper boom the likes of which it has never seen before, and the number of towers...
