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NYC Surging
New York YIMBY: Condos, hotels on drawing board. “San Francisco’s Worth” of New Skyscrapers for NYC Developers intend to add a “San Francisco’s worth” of new skyscrapers to New York...
Old Building, New Purpose
Liberty Elevator and Peelle collaborate on interesting and satisfying revitalization project. With its great views of lower Manhattan and the new World Trade Center skyline, the East River area in...
Business News from around the World
A shakeup among U.K. firms headlines a section including Chinese market news and the founding of a magazine by a major OEM. Lerch Bates and MovvéO in the U.K. Lerch...
ThyssenKrupp North America has new leadership; companies tap regional managers.
Bass Now CEO Patrick Bass, formerly head of R&D for ThyssenKrupp Elevator in Essen, Germany, is now CEO of ThyssenKrupp North America, Inc., headquartered in Chicago. Bass fills a position...
Events around the World
The venerable Interlift continues to grow in Germany, as Dubai, U.K. and Iran prepare other gatherings for 2015. Interlift Announcements Interlift 2015 organizer AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH has announced...
Companies hire engineers on U.S. mainland and beyond.
Magnetek Hires Two for Engineering Segment Magnetek, Inc., an elevator drives manufacturer in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, has announced that Gene Jansen and Joe Koren have joined the company as application...
European Activity
ThyssenKrupp Elevator, with a new pedestrian transportation system and test tower, highlights recent happenings. ACCEL Accelerated Moving Walk Unveiled in Spain In October at its Innovation Centre in Gijon, Spain,...
NYC and Environs Continue Hot Streak
Significant residential towers are on the drawing boards in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Tall-Building “Permit Frenzy” in September Demand coupled with imminent building-code changes are the drivers behind what New York...
Companies Thriving in China
Mitsubishi Electric, Symax, ThyssenKrupp Elevator and others are succeeding in the world’s largest vertical-transportation market. Mitsubishi Electric Expands Facilities, Capacity in China Mitsubishi Electric’s Chinese subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric Shanghai Electric...
Company Activity
KONE and MVT expand facilities. KONE Announces New Texas Factory KONE announced in September that it will build a new light-manufacturing and testing facility and add 80 new positions as...