U.S. News
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Company Moves
NAESA names education administrator, and employees assume new roles at Ron Farley, Peelle and Lerch Bates. New NAESA Administrator, Scholarship Recipients, Address NAESA International has hired Amy Crass as its...
Innovation Industries, Independence Elevator, Stiltz and Man-D-Tec see acquisitions, launch and expansions.
Innovation Industries Buys Monitor Controls Halma plc announced its divestment of Monitor Controls, part of its Infrastructure Safety sector, in June. The elevator-fixture manufacturer was sold to Innovation Industries Inc....
Acquisitions, New Offices
Innovation Industries and D & D Elevator purchase other companies; Wurtec and KONE open new offices. Innovation Industries Buys Monitor Elevator Products Innovation Industries, Inc. of Russellville, Arkansas, has completed...
Industry Action
New hires, acquisitions, expansions and foreign investment among recent goings on. ATIS Makes Key Acquisitions ATIS Elevator Inspections, a subsidiary of American Testing & Inspection Services in St. Louis, made...
