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A New Location for Better Access
SEES hosts a Texas-style grand-opening event for its new distribution center. SEES’ new location in Irving, Texas Southern Elevator & Electric Supply (SEES), Inc. recently ventured beyond South Florida with...
Divider Beam Design as Part of the Standard Elevator Design
A new method for installing these as part of the elevator installation process and its benefits This paper was presented at Elevcon 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Key Words: Elevator...
Riding the Wave
A conversation with Dynasty Elevator President John Mezzo Stopping in NYC in late February prior to heading to India for the Smart Lift & Mobility World 2024 expo, your author...
Fred A. Annett’s Electric Elevators (1927) Conclusion
A look at contributions made to the book In the introduction to Electric Elevators: Their Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance by Fred A. Annett (published by McGraw-Hill in 1927), the...
Home Safe
What NEII is doing to help make sure elevator industry personnel return home safely to their families and loved ones every day May celebrates Building Safety Month with a campaign...
Analysis and Calculation of Elevator Car Fall Incidents Caused by Serious Damage of Diverter Pulley Bearing
Serious incidents reviewed. In recent years, there have been some serious incidents in which the failure of the diverter pulley caused the counterweight to fall and eventually led to the...
“Escalator Slide”
“Corporate austerity meets playground pleasures” is how artist/designer Julijonas Urbonas describes his 2020 public art installation “Escalator Slide.” Located in Live Square, a business and residential center in Vilnius, Lithuania,...
Energy-Efficient Elevator for Low-Rise Applications
TKE expands EOX platform with EOX-H. submitted by TKE The platform of EOX products, TK Elevator’s (TKE) new energy-saving and natively digital elevator produced with 100% green electricity and requiring...
JK Square Building – Flexible Zones for Elevators
A new mark on vertical transportation by Afonso Gappo This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. The JK Square building in São...
Forging Ahead
Your author (MJ) speaks to NYC elevator impresario Don Gelestino (DG) about his early ambitions, path to the elevator industry, M&A and industry outlook. Don Gelestino back when he aspired...
