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Luxury Lodging Goes Green
Your author (SSP) speaks with P. Gopalakrishnan (PG), GBCI India managing director, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, about the selection parameters for VT in the hospitality industry and the...
Kaizen: Spreading Best Practices
New assembly-line training room and program unveiled at Wittur Italy in Colorno. by Carlo Ferrari Wittur Italy in Colorno has started a project in cooperation with the Kaizen Institute of...
Sea and Land
Maspero Elevatori provides VT for Mareterra Andrea Maspero, managing director of Maspero Elevatori Prince Albert II has a vision that Mareterra, an extension of Monaco, will “embody the excellence and...
Closing the Distance Between Europe and China
Lift associations ELA and CEA align on interpretation of standards. by Christian de Mas Latrie In September 2020, an information note about international standards for the safety rules for the...
A Year of Progress
In this Readers Platform, your author explains handrail UV-C disinfection. by Lawrence Madanda Early in 2020, as the pandemic made its way into our daily lives, there was a dramatically...
Smiles Abound
CEA annual Christmas party a time for cheer as torches are passed. photos by Gerry Adams Approximately 40 members of the venerable Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) converged from throughout Chicagoland...
Elisha Otis at Crystal Palace, Part 2
Historical importance of the 1854 exhibition in New York Last month’s history article, “Elisha Otis’ Improved Elevator at the New York Crystal Palace,” explored what actually happened at Otis’ 1854...
“Yes, Sir, and Copy That.”
NYC’s TEI Group finds success with Helmets to Hardhats program. During the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) 72nd Annual Convention & Exposition in New Orleans in October 2021, your...
Winds of Change
Ukrainian VT industry foresees sunny days ahead. Despite recent political unrest involving Russia, as well as the pandemic bringing many projects to a halt in 2020, the Ukrainian elevator market...
Between the Democratization of Knowledge and Elevator Planning
Schindler Head of Operations discusses digitalization in practice and his role. images courtesy of Schindler Your author (USB) recently spoke with Dr. Christian Schulz (CS), head of operations at Schindler,...
