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WAGO Names Regional Manger for Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska
Wisconsin-headquartered WAGO, which offers products including connection components, electronics and automation technology for elevators, recently named Dustin Reid as regional sales manager for Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. After studying electrical...
AVT Beckett Elevators To Move U.S. Facility to Ohio
Pickering, Ontario, Canada-based AVT Beckett Elevators has announced the relocation of its Memphis, Tennessee, manufacturing facility to the MBS Logan spec building in Logan, Ohio, which was completed in 2022,...
Otis Appoints Presidents for Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa
Otis Worldwide Corp. announces the appointment of Tracy Embree as president, Otis Americas and Enrique Miñarro Viseras as president, Otis Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), reporting directly to Otis...
Three New Escalators for Busy Suburban Mumbai Station
The Mumbai Division of Central Railway (CR) plans to install three new escalators to ease passenger flow at the busy Mulund Station in suburban Mumbai, India, The Free Press Journal...
Opinion Piece Explains Challenges of Office-to-Residential Conversions
The Washington Times Editorial Board recently published an opinion piece titled “Just Look at Why It’s So Hard To Turn Offices Into Homes.” In it, the authors observe that most...
Pop/Joe Memorial Golf Outing Goes on Rain or Shine
Although attendance for the 48th Annual Pop/Joe Memorial Golf Outing honoring "Pop" Frohlinger and Joe Marchese was a sell out on paper, the golf portion of the event was canceled...
Space Needle Begins Four-Year Modernization Project
Seattle, Washington's Space Needle has begun a four-year effort to modernize its three iconic golden elevators, KIRO 7 was among outlets to report. Following a year-long building modification process, which...
Company in Old Otis Factory Plans To Expand
Phoenix Closures, Inc., an Illinois-based plastic lid and cap manufacturer also known as Phoenix Packaging, wants to invest more than US$20 million in new production lines and equipment at the...
Nebraska Commissioners Hear Elevator Modernization Proposal
Elevator upgrades were the first topic of discussion on the agenda at a recent Kearney County Board of Commissioners regular meeting in Nebraska, the Minden Courier reports. Chris Kesterson from...
Delivery Robot Successfully Integrated With Japan Elevator
Shenzhen, China-based Pudu Robotics successfully conducted a project to test the cloud integration between its delivery robot "FlashBot" and elevators in collaboration with Nippon Otis Elevator Co. This is the...
