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The “A” Team
The forecast is sunny for accessibility specialist Atlantic Elevators, serving N.C.’s Outer Banks and beyond. Atlantic Elevators customers get pretty creative with their home-elevator designs, as evidenced by a quick...
Prognosis Positive
Downtown revitalization, a mixed-use construction boom and infrastructure growth are among factors driving business for OEMs in the region. With thousands of employees and a presence dating back more than...
Ascen.tec Succeeds in Greece, Partners with EW
The 1st International Ascen.tec exhibition for elevator technologies was deemed a success by organizers Technoekdotiki/T-Press. Taking place on May 10-12 at the Mediterranean Exhibition Center in Paiania, Greece, it had...
58-story tower announced; The Well progresses.
Pei Partnership-Designed Tower for Yonge and Eglinton A 58-story condominium tower designed by Pei Partnership Architects with Toronto-based Quadrangle will be one of the latest additions to the red-hot Yonge...
Light rail gets a boost; work wraps up on unique tower.
KONE Delivering 169 Units for Transit Line KONE has won an order to deliver 169 escalators and elevators to the Red Line of Tel Aviv, Israel’s Light Rail Network. The...
Important contracts for OEMs and a look to the future
Hitachi: Big Job, Plans on Horizon Escalators, Elevators for New Metro Line Hitachi Elevator has begun installation of elevators and escalators for its first rail transit project in Kunming. Kunming’s...
Changes, promotions and new ventures around the elevator world
KONE Announces Executive Board Changes Maciej Kranz has been appointed chief technology officer, executive vice president (EVP) and executive board member at KONE. Kranz succeeds Tomio Pihkala, who has been...
Company forms, skyscrapers progress in L.A., San Francisco and Oakland.
Luxury Residential Skyscraper Completed in San Francisco The Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has completed its 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay District, the Council on Tall Buildings and...
Eklund’s Moves Northeast Facilities
Eklund’s has relocated its Baltimore/Washington, D.C., premises to nearby 4404 Lottsford Vista Road, Lanham, Maryland 20706. It serves as the Northeast office and elevator cab manufacturing facility for the company....
New York and New Jersey
Tall-building activity remains brisk, government takes action, and a supplier opens its newest branch. Legislature Pushes for Elevator Mechanic Licensing The New York state Senate unanimously passed a bill that...
