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Persevering and Prevailing
With more than 100 years of experience, Imperial Electric combines new products and engineering experience to find the best solutions for its clients. Imperial Electric, part of Nidec Elevator, of...
10 Questions with Mandy Mills
Your author takes the opportunity to meet with FabACab’s Mills and discuss her life and career in the elevator industry. We meet so many different people through the course of...
A Second Bite of the Apple
Maven Group’s Dominik Sachsenheimer discusses mergers, acquisitions and growing private equity investment in the VT industry. Jupiter, Florida-based Maven Group, LLC, was founded in 2016 by Bill Beaury to help...
Innovative VT Design for High-Rise Residential Towers
This Soviet-developed tool is often referred to as “theory of inventive problem-solving.” by Hongliang Liang and Gasan Guseynov Introduction TRIZ (/ˈtriːz/; Russian: теория решения изобретательских задач, teoriya resheniya izobretatelskikh zadatch, literally:...
Bridging the Gap
AEG has a vision to empower independent businesses with the resources and tools that come with considered investment. American Elevator Group (AEG) burst onto the U.S. elevator industry scene a...
Elevator Entrapments in the United States: 1880-1930
Reports of passengers being caught had become fairly common in VT’s early days. In 1880, a humorous short story titled “The Gay Widow” appeared in numerous American newspapers. The story...
CECA 2021 AGM
Air of optimism prevails as members look to the future and share updates. Members of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) held their annual general meeting (AGM) virtually on June...
The Use of Lifts in Offices in Social-Distancing Environments
An array of measures must be taken to guarantee personal safety. Keywords: COVID-19, social distancing, optimization, traffic handling, lobby capacity, waiting times Abstract: This paper addresses the potential remaining lift...
Ethiopia: Emerging Market in the Horn of Africa
Solid economic foundation lays the groundwork for growth in construction and, in turn, the VT industry. Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa country formerly known as Abyssinia, stands out among nations...
KONE Developing Improved Elevator-Wheelchair Accessibility
Concept is evolving from a winning DX Experiments idea. submitted by KONE As a result of an effort to find new ways to make innovative connections to elevators, KONE in...
