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Steps Toward Sustainability

Mitsubishi Elevator India innovates and embraces sustainable technologies in the VT segment. Elevators move approximately 325 million passengers a day across the world. Advancement and taller infrastructure designs and buildings...

New Indian Standard IS 17386

Replacement of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts in existing buildings by Pravin M Tipnis and Abhijit Dandekar Abstract The Indian Standards on lifts have been in existence for many...

Smart Lift and Mobility World 2024

The newest addition to Virgo’s portfolio of VT-dedicated events by Anitha Raghunath and Raghu G. Team Virgo has been proudly serving the elevator sector since 2007, launching dedicated trade fairs,...

Safety First

Your author (SSP) discusses the importance of fire evacuation lifts and their feasibility with Hemant Khadse (HK), CEO of East Corp. Group, Fire Life Safety Consultant. SSP: What are your...

A Four-Step Method for Dealing With Difficult Employees

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln Companies invest significant resources in hiring the best talent for their business. These strategies include employing...

The Wurtec Way

The family-run business focuses on employees and opportunities. Wurtec was founded in 1985 in Toledo, Ohio, selling elevator tools and has since grown into a provider of complete elevator packages...

Hitting the Target

First cantilever escalator installed in New York City submitted by Nouveau Elevator Principal Dean Speranza of Nouveau Elevator was tasked by Target to solve a major problem at 606 West...

The Salem Elevator Works (Part Two)

Conclusion looks at the success, expansion and transformation of Charles F. Curwen’s company. Part one (The Salem Elevator Works (Part One)) of this two-part article traced the story of Salem...

RISE: The Untapped Potential of Women in the Elevator Industry, Part Three

Part Three: More Women’s Voices For this report, we not only carried out targeted focus group interviews with a range of female elevator mechanics and apprentices (the focus of part...

Elevator Industry Safety Net

Providing training and technical education for the elevator workplace by Lisa M. Casler Over the last 15 years, one of the most common issues facing all elevator companies has been...