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Elevator Accident in China Claims Life Of Teenager
Officials in southern China are investigating the death of a teenage girl who was killed when a suspected faulty elevator rose quickly and struck the top of the elevator shaft...
Kettle Collective Designs World’s Second-Tallest Tower
Scottish architecture practice Kettle Collective has unveiled designs for a 703-m-tall supertall skyscraper in St. Petersburg, Russia, which would be the second-tallest building in the world, Dezeen reported on May 26. Called Lakhta Centre...
WAGO Hires New Business Development Specialist
WAGO, of Germantown, Wisconsin, announced in May that Michael Cuff has been hired as business development specialist for PCB & Electronic Interconnect. A lifelong resident of Massachusetts, Cuff earned a...
TKE Expands Canadian Presence with trio of Acquisitions
TKE expanded its reach in Canada with the acquisition of three Ontario companies specializing in elevator modernization, service and repair: Bay Elevator Ltd. of North Bay, Direct Elevator Service Ltd....
DOPPLER Solutions in Germany
A range of lift types is examined. Germany is one of the largest consumer markets in Europe, in both population and purchasing power, as well as one of the largest...
Please Touch Me. Not!
In this Readers' Platform, your author describes HMI systems for touchless operation, including those from his Germany-headquartered company. by Rudolf Sosnowsky Do you know the theremin? It's an almost forgotten...
EFESME Makes Progress Through VmA Partnership
Collaborations ensure elevator SMEs will find voice and fulfillment. submitted by EFESME EFESME, by its nature in the European Federation to protect and support lift small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),...
VDI Standards Set in Germany
Engineers set the current state of the art The Association of German Engineers (VDI, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) is the third-largest German technical standardization body. It issues up to 250 standards...
Officials Seek Funds for Rawalpindi Hospital Lifts
Authorities with the District Health Authority in Rawalpindi have asked the Punjab government to release funds for the installation of elevators at Wah General Hospital, Urdu Point reported in May. Health CEO Dr. Faiza...
U.K.-U.S. MoU Aims to Improve BIM
The U.S.-based National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work with the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) to develop the U.S....
