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Rose Takes Role at NYC-Based TEI Group

John Rose has taken the position of vice president (VP) of modernization and construction at NYC-based TEI Group, filling a role previously held by Kevin Lynch, who is retiring. Rose...

Marine Innovations Names Wimmer Sales Manager

Marine Innovations, Inc., the Frazee, Minnesota-based manufacturer of trams and inclined elevators, has named Matthew Wimmer sales manager for Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. Wimmer's background includes real estate sales and...

Schaefer Names Gilbert Eastern Canada Sales Representative

Schaefer North America recently welcomed James Gilbert as its Eastern Canada sales representative. Fluent in English and Quebecois, Gilbert attended the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) convention in Montreal on...

DiPaolo Transitions to Champion Elevator Chief Sales Officer

Amy DiPaolo has transitioned from vice president to chief sales officer at Champion Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, NYC, with locations in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island, Champion recently announced....

Metro Elevator Establishes Raleigh-Durham Location

Metro Elevator, a certified veteran-owned business specializing in maintenance, repair, modernization and new installation of hydraulic elevators, traction elevators and escalators, has announced the opening of a Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina,...

Elevated Facility Services Group Names New CFO

Elevated Facility Services Group, a large non-union independent provider of elevator maintenance, repair and modernization services, has named Thorsten Koch as its new chief financial officer (CFO), businesswire reports. As...

Russell Transitions From Lerch Bates to Buro Happold

Timothy Russell has transitioned from architectural design manager at Lerch Bates Inc. (LB) to associate principal, vertical transportation (VT), at Buro Happold, Russell announced recently. He is based in the...

AEG Appoints Clairmont New President

NYC-headquartered American Elevator Group (AEG), North America's largest independent elevator service provider, announced in June it has appointed Bryan Clairmont as president. Clairmont succeeds C. Mark Boelhouwer, who has assumed the...

Lerch Bates Names Rupe Internal Executive Board Director

Lerch Bates Inc., a consultancy headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, that provides vertical-transportation (VT) services and more, recently named company President Eric Rupe an internal executive board member. The board consists...

Australia’s LML Lift Consultants Adds Senior VT Consultant

LML Lift Consultants, headquartered in Rowville, Victoria, Australia, recently welcomed Senior Consultant Sam Trifiletti. Holding an MBA, Trifiletti has 44 years' experience, including 10 in vertical-transportation (VT) consulting. He has...

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir