New Jersey
Greenlight Given to New Jersey City’s Future Tallest Tower
City officials in Bayonne, New Jersey, approximately 10 m southwest of Manhattan, NYC, have approved proposals to construct the first phase of NY Vue, which includes a 26-story residential tower...
VDA CEO M. Wade Smith to Retire and Take on New Roles
M. Wade Smith, CEO of East Hanover, New Jersey-headquartered vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy VDA®, is stepping aside from the firm’s day-to-day operations to assume his new roles as chairman of the...
Schindler Elevator Names New CEO for U.S. Operations
Schindler Elevator Corp. has announced that Ray Bisson will take on the role of chief executive officer for the company’s U.S. operations. A career-long elevator industry veteran, Bisson joins Schindler...
In Memoriam: Rob Richmond
Robert “Rob” Richmond, an elevator mechanic for more than 35 years and a supervisor at Pride and Service Elevator, an American Elevator Group company with locations in NYC and Crawford,...
SES Acquires McIntosh Industries Inc.
Memphis, Tennessee-based Standard Elevator Systems (SES), which manufactures and provides products and solutions for elevators, escalators and moving walks, announced on June 23 it has acquired McIntosh Industries Inc., a...
Liberty Elevator Promotes Kilimnik to Director of Engineering
Liberty Elevator Corp., headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey, and performing work throughout the NYC metropolitan area, has promoted Elan Kilimnik from project engineer to director of engineering. Kilimnik began his...
Champion Expands Hudson Valley Footprint
Champion Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, NYC, with locations in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island, announced on May 16 the acquisition of Hunter Elevator, a provider of elevator installation, service,...
Keystone Announces VDA’s Acquisition of Sierra Consulting
Keystone Capital Management, L.P., recently announced its portfolio company, Hanover, New Jersey-based VDA, Inc., has acquired Sierra Consulting Group. VDA is a marketing-leading provider of vertical-transportation (VT) consulting and inspection...
TEC Elevator and 3Phase Elevator Announce Merger
TEC Elevator, Inc. (TEC) announced that it has merged with the 3Phase Elevator Corp. family of independent elevator companies, expanding the company's presence in the Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware...
Firefighters Use Rope Rescue in NJ Elevator Entrapment
Firefighters from the Wayne Township Fire Department in New Jersey rappelled down several floors in an industrial elevator shaft to rescue six juveniles trapped inside on April 15, Shore News...
