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CINEC Campus Offers Training for Elevator Technicians
CINEC Campus has introduced a new course to train elevator technicians for the first time in Sri Lanka, The Island reports. CINEC is conducting the practical training of this course...
Mongrain Vertical Transport’s Jean Larcher to Retire
Jean Larcher, a professional engineer with more than 20 years with Grandes-Piles, Canada-based Mongrain Vertical Transport, will retire on April 22. Previously with Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp., Larcher was instrumental...
Champion Elevator Acquires Superior Elevator Technologies
Champion Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, NYC, with locations in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island, announced it has acquired Superior Elevator Technologies Corp., headquartered in the Bronx and serving the...
Firefighters Use Rope Rescue in NJ Elevator Entrapment
Firefighters from the Wayne Township Fire Department in New Jersey rappelled down several floors in an industrial elevator shaft to rescue six juveniles trapped inside on April 15, Shore News...
Elevator Upgrades on the Table for Courthouse in Illinois
Up to US$1.8 million in improvements to the elevator system serving the Madison County Courthouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is being considered by county leaders, The Intelligencer reports. During an April...
In Memoriam: David N. Walton
David N. Walton, a Riverside, California, native who was passionate about elevators, vintage cars and Democratic politics, passed away peacefully on April 1. Born in 1942, Walton was a journeyman...
Winning Student Teams for Otis’ Made to Move Communities Challenge
Otis Worldwide Corp. announced the winning student teams for its second annual Made to Move CommunitiesTM challenge, in which Otis volunteers mentored students to use their science, technology, engineering and...
Developer Updates North Morgan Tower in Chicago
Project planners for mixed-use 210 North Morgan have released updated designs for the proposed tower, URBANIZE Chicago reports. The developer of the project, Newcastle Ltd, expects to host 204 residential...
NEII Provides Updates on ASME A17/CSA Code and More
The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) provided updates on development of ASME A17/CSA B44 code and more in its recent newsletter. The 2022 edition of ASME A17/CSA B44 is scheduled...
JPMorgan New High Rise to Include 100% Renewable Energy
JPMorgan Chase & Co., behind the replacement of its tower at 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan, NYC, plans a major investment in the new office building for the company’s global headquarters,...
