Special Regional Section

Delivering Excellence

In this Project Spotlight, Atlantic Lifts Ltd. completes massive freight elevator project with time to spare. Whitby, Ontario, Canada-based Atlantic Lifts Ltd. recently completed a project that involved manufacturing and...

“Inflection Point”

Canada market trends: Skyscrapers rise, cities grow and the VT industry thrives. In summer 2023, Otis Vice President & Managing Director for Canada Patrick Yeung visited the construction site of...

Evolving “Sweet Spots”

In this Industry Dialogue, your author (KW) catches up with Schindler Canada President Lisa Konnry (LK). While conducting research for the Canada Market Trends piece in this issue (p. 32),...

California’s Elevator Safety Orders, 1915-1918

This History article explores a state industrial commission focused on developing safety codes. In 1915, the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California launched an ambitious initiative focused on...

A Star Is Born

Star Elevator’s focus on communication and service has led to 40 years of success in the elevator maintenance and modernization industry.  Belmont, California-based Star Elevator is celebrating 40 years in...

Building on Strong Roots

In this Industry Dialogue, the director of Mitsubishi Electric US Branch Operations provides insight on the California VT market.  Erik Moeller Erik Moeller (EM), director of U.S operations for Mitsubishi...

California Soul

In this Industry Dialogue, a fifth-generation Californian talks about turning a niche product into a 40-year running international business. Leslie Malloy While working for Oliver & Williams Elevator Co., Leslie...

Ready To Serve California and Beyond

Based in the L.A. metro area, Vantage Elevator Solutions West RSC is growing thanks to customer demand. When Vantage Elevator Solutions West Region Vice President Emery Wilcox was scouting locations...

Vast Forward

Heavily populated, tech-savvy and growing, California’s VT market shows no signs of slowing down. Third-generation elevator man Mike Shaw, field operations manager at Republic Elevator Co., roughly 8 mi. west...

Full Steam Ahead

Gustavo Paredes (GP), Schindler senior vice president, U.S. Area South, shares an in-depth look at the dynamic and growing region with your author (KW). Gustavo Paredes KW: Please provide a...

TEI AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ELEVATORS AT BROOKLYN AMBULATORY HUB

TEI Awarded Contract for Elevators at Brooklyn Ambulatory Hub

Sara Marta, a refugee from Luanda, Angola, was hired in 2023 as an electromechanical assembler; image courtesy of Otis.

Otis Brazil Joins UN-Affiliated Companies With Refugees Forum

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions’ Mankato, Minnesota, manufacturing facility; image courtesy of MEI-Total Elevator Solutions

MEI-Total Elevator Solutions Investigating Fire at Minnesota HQ

Aull

Wittur Names Aull New CEO

(l-r) Legends Tower and the Boardwalk at Bricktown, designed by AO; image via the Robb Report

Developer of 1,907-Ft-Tall Oklahoma City Tower Says He’s Secured Financing