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Wildeck Welcomes Director of People Operations
Wildeck, Inc., headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, recently welcomed Angela Wurtz as director of People Operations, a role that includes recruiting, training and development, employee relations, compensation and payroll. Wurtz has...
3Phase Elevator and Hadfield Elevator Merge
3Phase Elevator, an independent elevator and escalator services provider, announced that it has merged with Pittsburgh-based Hadfield Elevator, Business Wire reports. The merger allows 3Phase to provide geographically contiguous service to customers...
Child Falls from Escalator Handrail in China Shopping Mall
A boy estimated to be 5 or 6 years old fell from an escalator handrail in Nanjing City, China, on September 3, The Nanjinger is among news outlets to report. The child,...
WPI Names Kone India Among 100 Admired Companies
White Page International (WPI), during its Ninth White Page Leadership Conclave, named KONE Elevator among its listing of 100 Admired Brands in India. In addition, WPI honored Amit Gossain, managing...
NEEA Welcomes Additions to Its Leadership Team
The National Elevator and Escalator Association (NEEA), a voice for Canada’s vertical-transportation industry, has named two new members to the leadership team as part of an expansion and modernization aimed...
NYC Supertall by Prolific Architect KPF Set to Rise
Demolition preparations at the 105-year-old, 15-story former Metropolitan Transportation Authority headquarters are ramping up at 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, NYC, to make way for a 1,050-ft-tall commercial...
First of 41 New Schindler Escalators Welcomed by BART
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and City of San Francisco authorities welcomed the first of 41 new Schindler escalators during a ribbon-cutting at the Powell Street station on August 31....
Macau VT Industry Concerned Over Standard Proposal
A Chinese government proposal to adopt EU vertical-transportation (VT) standards worries some people in the elevator industry, who fear the standards would be unworkable in Macau, the Macau Daily Times reported in...
Elevator World Offices to close for Holiday
The offices of Elevator World, Inc. will be closed on Monday, September 6, in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Student Athlete Killed in Elevator Collapse in Atlanta
A student athlete died on August 31 when he was crushed by an apartment elevator in Atlanta, CBS46 reports. He and two other football players boarded the elevator on an upper...
