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Cambridge Elevating Appoints Management Team
Canada Custom lift manufacturer Cambridge Elevating Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario, has appointed three managers. Cambridge CEO Derek S. Hamilton named Ken M. Cook president; Derek Moorse, vice president, Sales and...
Thyssenkrupp Elevator Acquires Cleveland Company
In July, ThyssenKrupp Elevator announced its acquisition of Cleveland-based Edmonds Elevator, Inc., an elevator maintenance, repair and modernization company founded in 1875. The move is the latest in an acquisition...
Thyssenkrupp Predicts High Growth Rates
Asia In fiscal year 2011/2012, ThyssenKrupp AG generated sales of about EUR4.3 billion (US$5.72 billion) in the Asia Pacific region, representing almost 12% of its total sales. Within the region,...
Adams Moves Parts To New Warehouse
Adams Elevator Equipment Co. has opened a 67,000-sq.-ft. parts-distribution center in Maumee, Ohio. This modern warehouse facility, implements updated warehouse- and transportation-management processes. An inventory encompassing 40,000 part numbers is...
Alabama Company Acquired by Kone
KONE has acquired Prattville, Alabama’s Elevator Maintenance & Repair, Inc. (EMR). AL.com explains this will expand the Finland-based company’s reach in the state’s major cities of Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile....
E-Motive, Tl Jones And Memco Become Avire
Worldwide Avire (pronounced “a-VIRE,” rhyming with “fire”) Ltd. is the new corporate identity of E-Motive, TL Jones and Memco. The conglomerate offers an extensive range of safety and communication products....
Ottawa Store Offers Lift “Test Drives”
Canada Home healthcare store Motion Specialties has opened a showroom, “Access Centre,” for elevators, stairlifts and other accessibility products. Often serving baby boomers reaching their senior years looking to grow...
Elevator U Conference
Elevator U has announced its annual conference will be held at the Scheman Building at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, on June 17-20. A factory tour of Schumacher Elevator...
ITEEA: Elevator Technological Institute
Argentina Argentina’s first technological institute dedicated to the learning and teaching of elevator technology, Instituto Tecnológico para el Estudio y Enseñanza del Ascensor (ITEEA), has been in operation since June...
Great Lakes Elevator ADDS Account Manager
Great Lakes Elevator Service, Inc. of Park Ridge, Illinois, has added Kira Netzke as an account manager. Her primary responsibility will be expanding the company’s maintenance client base in the...
