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VDA CEO M. Wade Smith to Retire and Take on New Roles
M. Wade Smith, CEO of East Hanover, New Jersey-headquartered vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy VDA®, is stepping aside from the firm’s day-to-day operations to assume his new roles as chairman of the...
Another Key Transition at CEDES for the New Year
Jan Giger, most recently global head of access innovations, has become lead for hoistway innovations, filling the role most recently held by Steven Freedman, who has transitioned to group chief...
Lotter Promoted to President of Jersey Elevator Co.
Dennis Lotter has been promoted from vice president to president of American Elevator Group (AEG) company Jersey Elevator Co., succeeding John Sweeney, who is retiring, AEG announced earlier this month....
Pickerings Lifts Adds 14th Regional Office
Pickerings Lifts has announced the opening of its 14th regional office at Unit R4, Parkway, Capital Business Park, Cardiff, U.K. Led by Regional Manager Morgan Gray and Operations Manager Clive...
1929 Neo-Gothic San Antonio Tower Poised for Major Transformation
The historic, 31-story, neo-gothic Tower-Life Building in San Antonio, Texas, is set to undergo a multimillion-dollar transformation into a mixed-use property featuring 234 apartments overlooking the Riverwalk starting in 2024,...
Elevator Crash Among Other Recent India Accidents
A 20-year-old man was killed after an elevator crashed in a high-rise apartment building in Mumbai, India. Four men were in the glass elevator of a 24-floor building in Vikhroli...
Los Angeles Elevator Accident Leaves One Dead
A man was crushed to death after getting stuck between a freight elevator's doors on the morning of January 4 at a building in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said and...
KONE Plans for Number of Projects in India’s NCR
Finland-based KONE announced it is executing elevator projects worth up to Rs 250 crore (US$30.26 million) in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India, Devdiscourse reports. These elevator installation projects...
EFESME Joins FEPYMA For Spain “Barriers” Event
Members of the European Federation for Elevator Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) joined members of FEPYMA, the Spanish federation representing the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for a...
Chicago Plan for Downtown Office-to-Residence Conversions
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot seeks to revitalize a “foot traffic-starved” area of the downtown Loop on and around LaSalle Street by providing tax incentives to developers that convert underused office...
