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EESF Annual General Meeting
Foundation focuses on future and overcoming challenges. On February 9, the first Thursday of the Mardi Gras season, the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) board members met at the historic...
Sport Chek InTruss Escalator Replacement
Schindler Canada team finds success at flagship Vancouver store. submitted by Schindler When a flagship Sport Chek store on Vancouver, Canada’s highly coveted Robson Street needed two aging Montgomery Escalators...
Seizing the Moment
New market opportunities for VT firms as Egypt expands metro system Egypt, through the Ministry of Transport’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), has continuously invested in the development of the...
Reflecting on 50 Years
Eastern Elevator’s Ron Westover semi-retires after a long career. These days, you’re more likely to find Ron Westover, former vice president (VP) of Eastern Elevator Service & Sales Co. based...
The History of Operatorless Elevators: Push Button Control 1886 -1895
Period established a critical baseline for all future work. The story of the invention of the operatorless elevator encompasses the history of several discrete vertical-transportation (VT) systems. The first to...
Meeting Demands, Rising to Challenges
A look at the U.K. and Nordics VT markets and beyond Otis Market Group Lead U.K. and Nordics and Managing Director U.K. Andy Bierer (AB) is ultimately in charge of...
“The Next Generation Secures Our Future Life”
Otis lead discusses the technical, economic and human future. In December, Udo Hoffmann (UH), Central Europe Market Group lead and chairman of the Management Board of Otis Germany, based in...
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,...
