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Looking Back on a “Great Run”
VDA CEO M. Wade Smith retires after a successful 28-year tenure. submitted by VDA M. Wade Smith, the much-loved and well-respected CEO of East Hanover, New Jersey-headquartered vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy...
Home Accessibility
Shaftless, through-floor residential elevator submitted by Pollock Lifts The Pollock Lifts residential elevator is the company’s most popular product, and it is now being distributed around the world. Providing smooth...
Lift Automation Module for AGVs, Robots
Heavy-load, multistory solution from Germany’s Lödige Industries is compatible with freight and goods lifts. submitted by Lödige Industries As available space for storage and distribution is scarce and, therefore, expensive,...
The State of the Shaft
A discussion about a sometimes-overlooked component of elevator maintenance For more than 46 years, Patrick Morrissey (PM) has led ConSpec Associates Inc., based out of his home in East Haven,...
Up to Code
The evolution of elevator code development and what we can learn from Europe and North America as the world seeks the seemingly impossible – one unified elevator code. by Kevin...
1963: Elevator World Begins Its Second Decade
Sturgeon gives “full time” to EW and builds on initiatives introduced during the first 10 years. 1963 opened with ELEVATOR WORLD founder William C. Sturgeon celebrating the magazine’s first 10...
Analytical Method for Defining Requirements for Elevator Rescue
by Hilkka Hämäläinen and Jaakko Kalliomäki This paper was presented at the 2022 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Barcelona, Spain. Abstract Elevator rescue situations can be classified in different...
Best Practices for Managing Remote Employees
Find success with the right tools and policies. The alarm clock went off. I jumped out of bed, quickly got dressed for the day, grabbed my car keys and, as...
Lift Industry Mental Health Charter Forms
Plans in the works for 2023. After going through a difficult time in his own life and then seeing the pressures faced by the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark...
Reaching Goals
A quick chat with Titan Elevators’ newly qualified NVQ3 engineer, Gary McSweeney by Ellie Snee Titan Elevators Engineer Gary McSweeney is now a newly qualified (National Vocational Qualification) NVQ3 engineer...
