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Final Call for Papers for Lift & Escalator Symposium
The Lift & Escalator Symposium Trust has issued a final call for papers for the 15th Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies, planned for September 18-19 at Kettering Park Hotel...
Elevatori Magazine Awarded Historical Trademark
The Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy has conferred the Historical Trademark (Marchio Storico) to Elevatori Magazine in recognition of its national and international achievements over the past...
Delaware Elevator, Otis Awarded Roland E. Powell CC VT Contracts
The City Council in Ocean City, Maryland, unanimously approved three bid awards — including two related to vertical transportation (VT) — totaling nearly US$2 million at the Roland E. Powell...
TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub
TEI Group announced on March 8 it was awarded a contract by general contractor Suffolk Construction Co. to install three overhead traction passenger, one hydraulic passenger and two overhead gearless...
Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum
Otis Brazil announced on March 13 it has joined the Companies With Refugees Forum, an initiative of the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency and UN Global Compact Brazil. Company members...
MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ
An early morning fire on March 14 at the Mankato, Minnesota headquarters (HQ) of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions resulted in no injuries, as multiple fire departments responded to the blaze, which...
Wittur Names Aull New CEO
Wittur Holding GmbH, the Germany-based international elevator components supplier, has appointed Udo Aull as CEO. Aull succeeds Tom Stephenson, who steps down after more than three and a half years....
Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing
Scot Matteson of Matteson Capital, developer of the mixed-use Boardwalk at Bricktown in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which includes what would be the tallest tower in the U.S. at 1,907 ft.,...
Clarkson + Varick Names Kirles Girgis Director of Engineering
National vertical-transportation consultancy Clarkson + Varick recently named Kirles Girgis director of engineering. With more than 10 years' experience in national leadership roles at Schindler and consulting firm Lerch Bates,...
Largest Independent VT Company in NYC, TEI Group, Takes on Southeast
TEI Group, the largest independent vertical-transportation (VT) company in the NYC metropolitan area, in March announced its expansion into the U.S. Southeast with the opening of Florida headquarters in Tampa....
