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CEA To Welcome Brad Hunt of Peelle as Guest Speaker
The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) plans to welcome Brad Hunt, regional sales manager for the NYC metropolitan area at The Peelle Co., as guest speaker for its June 6 meeting...
DiPaolo Named AEG VP Business Development Mid-Atlantic Region
Amy DiPaolo, whose vertical-transportation (VT) industry career spans more than 30 years, has been named American Elevator Group (AEG) vice president (VP) of Business Development, Mid-Atlantic region, DiPaolo announced on...
VDA Hires Broom To Help Guide Sales and Business Development
Vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy VDA, Inc. (VDA) has announced the hire of Steve Broom. With more than 20 years' VT industry experience, Broom joins a team of executives responsible for targeted...
Public Review Process for NYC’s “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” Proposal Underway
NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicked off the public review process on April 29 for the "City of Yes for Housing Opportunity" proposal, which the NYC Department of City Planning estimates...
Chemical Concepts Addresses EPA MC Ban
Chemical Concepts has been working to keep the industry informed about the rapidly changing regulatory environment for methylene chloride (MC), also known as dichloromethane. There has been much speculation in...
New Jersey Elevator Mishap That Occured in 2023 Heads to Court
A July 2023 incident in which a 5-year-old girl’s arm was injured as a result of it getting stuck between the elevator door and shaft on the seventh floor of...
Direct-Entry Residential Elevators Gaining Popularity in the U.S.
A symbol of privacy, exclusivity and efficiency, direct-entry elevators to transport residents straight to their homes in luxury towers are gaining popularity in the U.S., says the architect who pioneered...
KONE Monospace MRLs for Mid-Rise Buildings in Two NYC Boroughs
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided one MonoSpaceTM 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevator each to two new seven-story residential buildings in Flushing, Queens, and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. At 138-25 Barclay...
KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...
Wurtec’s Steve Wurth Among EY US Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Finalists
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year® 2024 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award on May 1, and Steve Wurth, founder/CEO of Toledo,Ohio-based...
