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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...

Shorts Welcomes Technician/Tester

Shorts Industries Ltd. recently welcomed Thomas Biggins to the Shorts Technical Department. Biggins is NVQ3 and NVQ4 qualified and is a highly skilled technician and tester with 24 years’ experience....

Innovation Industries Names Director of Field Support, Engineering

Frank D'Angelo was recently named director of field support and project engineering at Innovation Industries, Inc., responsible for providing technical support to the customers of Innovation and its subsidiaries, Monitor...

NAEC Adds Two Team Members

The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) recently added two new team members: Certification Manager Mary Beth O'Hara and IT/Office Administrator Dee Mobley. A resident of Winder, Georgia, O'Hara studied...

ETI Names Falahee Director of Project Management

Elevated Technologies Inc. (ETI), an elevator maintenance, modernization, construction and repair company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, has named Lisa Falahee director of project management. Falahee is charged with improving...

Latham, McGroarty Transition to New Positions at Janus

Jonathan Latham, who has a more than 22-year career with Janus, transitioned from regional sales manager to regional product manager earlier this year. Based on Long Island, New York, Latham...

KONE Board Member Opfermann Leaving Position

KONE announces that Andreas Opfermann is stepping down from the company’s Board of Directors, effective March 31. Opfermann is leaving because his position at chemical company Linde is requiring more...

KONE Taps Kirby as Contract Manager, Cross River Rail

KONE has tapped Liam Kirby as contract manager for Cross River Rail, an AUD5.4 billion (US$4 billion) project of the Queensland, Australia, government to build a new, 10.2-km rail line...

Canopy over the escalator at the Embarcadero station; image courtesy of BART

BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates

Pankrác metro station platform; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Year-Long Construction Closes Two Prague Metro Stations

The station is served by Schindler escalators; photo by Marc A. Hermann for the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

NYC LIRR Among “Most Beautiful for Interior Design”

At the Royal Palace of Naples, an interactive virtual elevator transports you through four centuries of life in the palace; image via Finestre sull’ Arte.

Royal Palace of Naples Introduces Interactive Virtual Elevator Exhibit

DLF The Arbour; image courtesy of DLF

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India