Special Regional Section
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...
50 Years Focused on Service
PTL Equipment president discusses how the company’s strategic move to Georgia decades ago opened them up to new markets and so much more. With 436-plus combined years of service and...
Thinking “Outside the Box”
With challenging modernization in the Florida panhandle, the Cavinder family legacy continues. Tapped by Commercial Elevator Consultants, LLC (CEC), Senior Consultant Jim Van Deusen to bid an elevator modernization in...
Rock Solid
Alabama-based Bagby Elevator has steadily grown into a Southeastern powerhouse. The Birmingham headquarters now(l-r) Southern Division Vice President Todd Sharpe, based in Mobile, presents a “Golden Eagle” solid gold coin...
The Sunny Side
Resilient, vibrant and growing, the region is treating VT companies well. Before the pandemic, TK Elevator’s (TKE) MAX cloud-based predictive-maintenance tool used data from more than 85,000 connected elevators throughout...
Insurance Market Considerations
This Readers’ Platform from Chicago-based insurers details best practices for U.S. industry decision makers in the U.S. in these unprecedented times. by Matt Dennett and Nick Scodro The insurance market...
Not Just for Code Compliance
In this Readers’ Platform, your authors from Chicago-based Colley Elevator explain how a simple upgrade can improve customers’ bottom line. Chicago-area building owners and managers often have questions about their...
Chicago Strong
In this Industry Dialogue, Matot owner Cece Matot (CM) describes the current state and future of the company, the city and the industry with your author (KW). The state-of-the-art Apple...
