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A Common Lift Act for India
Amit Gossain (AG), managing director (MD), KONE Elevators — India and South Asia, shares insights with your author (SSP) on the need for a Common Lift Act (CLA) in India....
People, Performance and Purpose
Andy Bierer, Otis market group lead UK & Nordics and MD UK, seizes opportunities and makes his mark. Growing up in the heart of coal country in a small town...
Emergency Telephone for Private Residential Elevators
Is the land line still the best choice for an emergency telephone in private residence elevators? by Moti Tietel The AS17.1 Code refers to the emergency telephone as follows: "5.3.1.20.1...
“Solving Exciting Tasks Together”
Your author interviews the new German face in elevator standardization. Your author (SB) recently had the opportunity to talk with Eberhard Vogler (EV), chief engineer, Codes & Standards, at TK...
“Ping!” – The Elevator Is There
Otis' new PCB production facility in Berlin In early December 2022, Otis allowed ELEVATOR WORLD Europe an exclusive look into its new Berlin, Germany-based state-of-the-art printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing...
Rising Together
Taking industry diversity efforts to new heights In June 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to improve diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and accessibility in the federal workforce. As...
The 2022 CTBUH International Conference
Your author discusses VT industry involvement at this combined conference held in Chicago. photos courtesy of CTBUH In November 2022, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) returned...
10 Questions (Plus a Bonus) With Maritza Carire of ESI
Elevator Systems’ vice president of operations takes some time to answer your author’s questions. by Matt Jackson I believe it was my comrade in arms, Kaija Wilkinson from ELEVATOR WORLD,...
The Place To Be
Vantage debuts its Northeast Regional Service Center in Queens, New York, in grand style. photos courtesy of Vantage Elevator Solutions The grand opening on the evening of November 16, 2022,...
What’s Past Is Prologue
The challenges of predicting the future Famous quotations from William Shakespeare include a well-known line from Act II of “The Tempest,” in which Antonio tells his brother Sebastian: “What’s past...
