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Promotions handed down, and an industry veteran joins team.

Columbia Promotes Employees to Director, Controller Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc. has advanced Dione Birdsall to the position of director of customer operations. Columbia states, “Since beginning in 1985 as...

Towers planned in urban centers.

Residential High Rise Plans Exemplify Growing Dallas Chicago-based Amli Residential has purchased vacant property to construct Dallas’ first downtown tower in seven years, according to The Dallas Morning News. The...

OEMs and Their Equipment

An innovation debuts, an honor is bestowed, and a baseball stadium gets a lift. KONE Follows Through With U.S. JumpLift Debut KONE has begun to utilize its JumpLift self-climbing elevator...

Nairobi, Cape Town see large projects.

thyssenkrupp, Partners Supply Nairobi Hotel, Market Joining forces with strategic distribution partners, thyssenkrupp supplied 35 units to the Greenhill Hotel and Village Market in Nairobi, Kenya, which thyssenkrupp describes as...

Subway upgrades and tower updates

Renold to Provide Escalator Drives to Busy Tube Station Renold Plc, headquartered in Manchester, U.K., has been awarded a contract to supply seven bespoke escalator drive packages to the London...

Hitachi, thyssenkrupp look to the future of growing markets.

Hitachi: Thailand Training Center, Cambodia Joint Venture Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. have opened their Asia Training Center, a facility that includes classroom, virtual and hands-on training,...

Hires, repositionings take place around the world.

Ridder: New Position with thyssenkrupp Michael Ridder, former head of Media Relations at thyssenkrupp Elevator, has stepped into a new role with the company, joining thyssenkrupp’s Materials Services team. In...

Towers Around the Nation

Hope for an ailing city, momentum in Miami and something for baseball fans Detroit Tower Intended to Signal City’s Rebirth The City of Detroit’s Downtown Development Authority has approved a...

A huge door is manufactured for NASCC, and an OEM lays down roots.

Mitsubishi Electric Opens Dallas-Area Branch Mitsubishi Electric Elevator & Escalator has opened an office at 631 South Royal Lane in Coppell, Texas, to serve the growing Dallas-Fort Worth area. Noting...

Many tall-building developers will take Manhattan, and a historic elevator landmark is preserved.

63-Story Tower Rising in Midtown East A 63-story, 803-ft.-tall mixed-use tower designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli with SLCE as executive architect had risen to the sixth floor by March in...

WORKER DIES IN ELEVATOR SHAFT INCIDENT IN NEWARK

Worker Dies in Elevator Shaft Incident in Newark

The One under construction in 2024; photo by Sikander Iqbal for Wikipedia

Ontario Superior Court Approves Tridel’s Takeover of The One

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Texas Bill Requiring Landlords to Maintain Elevators Progresses

DELTRON ACQUIRES THREE COMPANIES

Deltron Acquires Three Companies

SAVARIA ACQUIRES WESTERN ELEVATOR

Savaria Acquires Western Elevator