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Elevating the VW “Bulli”
How the 3XL elevator from Schmidt Aufzüge Medebach is integrated into the automated production process images by Hans-Wilhelm Berghoff In November 2023, your author visited the freight elevator built by...
Enhancing Quantity and Quality of Employees in the Elevator Industry
The VDI Standard 2168 is being revised. Your author, Undine Stricker-Berghoff (USB), spoke to Horst Schickor (HS) from SBR Aufzugstechnik (Elevator Technology) in Gladbeck, Germany, about the revision of the...
A Growth That Continues To Rise
The elevator market in Spain registers a new increase in its value, exceeding 2.6 billion euros. The turnover of Spanish companies belonging to the vertical-transportation industry amounted to EUR2.625 billion...
Pop Art Elevator
An elevator at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) College of Art and Design (CAD) in New York recently received a whimsical mural makeover. Fourth-year illustration student Emma McCarthy of Mexico,...
Elevator Engineering Theory & Practice
A fundamental and detailed treatment of electric elevator engineering topics Elevator industry veteran Rajaraman Krishnan offers comprehensive coverage of the engineering aspects of electric elevators in his book, Elevator Engineering...
Adaptable and Innovative
Omniturm’s high-performance elevators from Schindler submitted by Schindler Group In the heart of Frankfurt, Germany’s city center stands the striking Omniturm tower. At 190-m tall, this adaptable and innovative structure...
Pursuing Passion and Knowledge
Morgan Jones (MJ) talks to your author (LF) about life in the elevator world. A go-getter from an early age, Morgan Jones, general manager for two Hyperion Brands, held her...
Strength and Determination
In this 10 Questions, your author (MJ) finds out what drives and inspires SnapCab Sales and Account Manager Brittany Brothers (BB). It was during the last National Association of Elevator...
Fred A. Annett’s Electric Elevators (1927): Part 1
A critical turning point in American VT technical literature In September 1927, the Journal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers published a brief review of a recently published book...
Ropeless Revolution
Silicon Valley-based Hyprlift, Inc. expects to disrupt and transform the elevator industry. Seeking to revolutionize the industry he has been a part of for three decades, serial entrepreneur James Hutchinson...
