Columns
1973
ELEVATOR WORLD celebrates its 20th year. It is interesting to note that ELEVATOR WORLD founder William C. Sturgeon did not acknowledge or celebrate the fact that the magazine had entered...
Opportunities for All
How Otis is addressing a labor shortage through supporting women. by Dot Mynahan and Erika Goldstein In the past few years, Otis redesigned professional uniforms and invested in new safety...
10 Questions (Plus a Bonus) With “Your Elevator Pal” Ed Rivera
LinkedIn personality takes some time to answer your author’s questions. I believe one of the hardest parts about writing this column is determining the next interesting person to answer my...
“Is There Even More?”
3D printing in elevator manufacturing Your author, Undine Stricker-Berghoff (USB), recently talked to Oliver Simmonds (OS), graduate engineer (University of Applied Science) in mechanical engineering and principal engineer at Schindler...
Make Way for Modular
Modular Elevators Manufacturing, Inc. offers solutions to meet increasing demand for modular elevators. California-based TL Shield & Associates, Inc., a full-service vertical-transportation company owned by Tom Shield, began distributing modular...
CAN XL at Germany Tradeshow and Beyond
CiA association says evolving communication platform holds promise for the elevator industry. The nonprofit CAN in Automation (CiA) association hosted a booth and Bosch, NXP and Vector presented running CAN...
California Proposed Elevator Code Changes
Your author states that, if adopted, there will be far-reaching consequences. by Richard Blaska The state of California boasts the fourth-largest economy in the world, with a population of nearly...
VT Legislation Updates
NAEC reports on legislative in-session updates. submitted by NAEC The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC)’s mission is to serve the interests of the vertical-transportation (VT) industry by promoting safety...
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...
