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New Elevator Platforms
Otis announces Gen 3 and Gen 360. submitted by Otis Otis announced a new generation of digitally native elevator platforms in June. The Gen3 elevator adds built-in Internet of Things...
Helipad Lift Helps South African Hospital
DOPPLER overcomes challenges to install specially designed lift. A DOPPLER helipad lift was recently installed at Dr Pixley ka-isaka Seme Memorial Hospital in KwaMashu, South Africa. In urban areas, often...
Driven
An elevator man through and through, TKE executive Kevin Lavallee takes a high-energy approach to business and life. To describe Kevin Lavallee as high energy is an understatement. A native...
The Path to Recovery
Africa shows potential to grow its freight elevator market. Increasing investment in infrastructure development and a fast-growing manufacturing industry have been the key drivers in Africa’s demand trends for both...
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...
