California

West Hollywood Parking Structure to Get Updated Elevator

The City of West Hollywood in California will begin an elevator modernization project at the West Hollywood Park 5-Story Parking Structure located at 625 North San Vicente Boulevard in December,...

Hyprlift Showcases Ropeless Elevator At Dubai Event

Silicon Valley, California-based Hyprlift Inc. founder and CEO James Hutchinson and Head of International Business Development Talal Al Alami showcased the company's next-generation ropeless elevator at GITEX 2024 on October...

Ooma AirDial POTS Replacement Adds Certifications

Ooma Inc.’s AirDial® Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) replacement solution has added certifications to boost regulatory compliance, the Sunnyvale, California-headquartered cloud-based communications provider announced on October 15. AirDial certifications now...

Century Park Partners With Total Access Elevator

Century Park Capital Partners announced it has completed a majority recapitalization of Total Access Elevator in partnership with the company’s management team and founders. Santa Fe Springs, California-headquartered Total Access...

Wago Hires Land as L.A. Regional Manager

Wisconsin-headquartered WAGO, which offers products including connection components, electronics and automation technology for elevators, has hired Tom Land as regional sales manager for the Los Angeles (L.A.) area. With a...

Humboldt Bank Building

Elevators, Modernization San Francisco, California submitted by TK Elevator — San Francisco TK Elevator’s skilled team modernized and updated the aging elevator system at the Humboldt Bank Building, a 19-story office...

In the Round

Custom elevator company overcomes design challenges and delays for showpiece residential elevator. submitted by Farid Waleh Custom Cabs Inc. (CCI) manufactures and installs custom elevators, and the company’s latest elevator...

In Memoriam: Ben Abbaspour

Ben Abbaspour, a prolific ELEVATOR WORLD author, engineer, consultant and entrepreneur, passed away in his native Tehran, Iran, on April 4. Abbaspour had been a senior engineer at ABBA Engineering...

California Proposed Elevator Code Changes

Your author states that, if adopted, there will be far-reaching consequences. by Richard Blaska The state of California boasts the fourth-largest economy in the world, with a population of nearly...

TKE Names Bora Gülan CEO of European and African Business

Bora Gülan has been appointed CEO of TK Elevator's (TKE) elevator and escalator business in Europe and Africa, the company announced on March 15. In addition to taking end-to-end responsibility...