Associations

G-TAG, Advisory Group to Support WEEF, Forms, Meets

The Global Technical Advisory Group (G-TAG) to support the World Elevator and Escalator Federation (WEEF) formed and met during a kickoff meeting on June 9, the European Lift Association (ELA)...

Focus on Architectural Materials and Design

ELEVATOR WORLD’S September issue will include a Special Section for the NAEC 2022 event. There will also be Products of the Year, and bonus distribution at events NAEC (U.S.), E2...

NEII Provides Code Development Updates, Recent Adoptions

National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) provided code development updates and announced recent code adoptions in West Virginia and North Carolina in its latest NEII Insider newsletter. Group B Committee action...

EAYSAD Elects its New Board for 2022-2023

Aegean Elevator and Escalator Industrialists’ Association (EAYSAD) held its Ordinary General Meeting for 2020-2021 period and its Traditional Iftar Dinner Organization on April 21, 2022. by Ayper kaya The Ordinary...

In Memoriam: Alexander Zachata

Alexander Zachata, a third-generation Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) Board of Directors (BoD) member, passed away on May 29 at age 35 due to complications while in the hospital in...

ELA To Push For VT As “Essential Safety Service” at Annual Conference

The European Lift Association (ELA) will call for vertical-transportation (VT) service providers and manufacturers to be granted the status of “essential safety services” during ELA’s “Conference 2022 — Lifts and...

NEII Names Director of Safey and Director of Government Affairs

National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) recently named Trent Behr director of safety and Billy Taylor director of government affairs. Prior to joining NEII, Behr served as a project manager for...

CECA Scholarship Application Now Available

The Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) has announced that the application is now open (within the member section of the website) for the seventh annual CECA Scholarship. There will be...

MESA Welcomes Speakers, Looks Toward Events

reported by Matthew Jackson Twenty-two Massachusetts Elevator Safety Association (MESA) members met at Jake n Joes Sports Grille in Norwood, Massachusetts, on April 12, where they enjoyed good food and...

VFA Board Confirmed

After three years of being forced to take a break due to COVID-19, almost 150 participants came together in Munich, Germany, recently for the VFA general meeting. During the meeting,...