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Team Virgo makes impact at Interlift 2022 in Augsburg, Germany. Participants at Interlift 2022 in Augsburg, Germany, were happy to once again interact in person with the ELEVATOR WORLD India...

Custom-Designed Test Fixtures

For the production environment or in the field submitted by Reynolds & Reynolds Electronics Inc. After being a leading provider of battery back-up systems for more than 30 years, Reynolds...

A Mark Above

Longtime industry leader Bill Snyder is recognized. William “Bill” Snyder has been a member of NAESA International for more than 35 years and has been involved with the leadership of...

Lessons From the Grenfell Tower Disaster

Your author describes an innovative firefighting and evacuation lift design for affordable residential towers. Introduction From Wikipedia:[1] “On 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West...

Managing by the Numbers To Improve Profitability

Why trend reports are your friend.  by Rudy Boyance In my work at Lift Business Advisors, I have found that most companies fail to understand and present their data well....

The Passenger Lift’s First Decade (Part One)

The world becomes aware of the potential of VT during 1860-1869. The period between 1860 and 1869 witnessed the gradual expansion of passenger lift use in Great Britain as architects,...

Women in the Lift Industry in Europe: Status and Perspectives

Many years of professional life in the lift business in Germany as a female led to the idea to examine details about the status and perspective of other women in...

A Brave, Smart New World

Otis and the service robot boom. by Neil Green When I envision smart cities of the future, I imagine an environment where urban mobility is seamless, sustainable and personalized through...

CAN in Automation Celebrates 30 Years

A look at what has been accomplished in the group's three-decade history. The Controller Area Network (CAN) in Automation (CiA) international users’ and manufacturers’ group turns 30 in 2022. Founded...

Lease Agreement Between Johnson Lifts and DMRC

First-of-its-kind financial model adopted. Delhi Metro Railways Corporation (DMRC) has, for the first time, signed a lease contract for lifts and escalators on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. Johnson...