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Defending the Company
A compilation of the popular Legal Issues column and more by Marvin A. Jacobs has been a long time coming. Defending the Company: A Compilation of General Legal Advice and...
“The Vertical Transport of Goods”
Examination of a 1932 brochure by U.K. manufacturer Marryat & Scott reveals an early VT industry encounter with modern architecture. In 1932, the firm of Marryat & Scott, Ltd. published...
Sharing Their Knowledge
Australia’s LML Lift Consultants debuts training facility. An idea that had been “bubbling away in the background” in the minds of LML Lift Consultants partners Richie Lobert and Dean Morgan...
A “Marriage” Made in Heaven: Steve Grainer and Mitsubishi Electric US
Upon his retirement, Grainer (SG) took time to speak with your author (KW) about his long and illustrious career. Founding father of Mitsubishi Electric US, Elevator & Escalator Division, is...
Historic Chicago Stock Exchange Elevator Enclosures
The history of the organic design behind Louis Sullivan’s works of art from 1894 There are countless reasons to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. With more than 300,000 incredible...
SARS-CoV-2 Mitigations in Elevators
Identifying the characteristics of the coronavirus and elevator enclosure and examining the technical solutions for sanitizing the elevator The discovery of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in 2019, changed...
Renaissance Man
Remembering the “one-in-a-million” Bill Casey of New York Bill Casey, founder of Claddagh Electronics Ltd. of Long Island City, New York, was born on December 16, 1938. He was one...
Valves: The Vital Last Link
Anja Blain (AB), CEO of Blain Hydraulics, headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany, shares insight about the company’s philosophy, strategy and future with your author (KW). Anja Blain The late Roy W....
Mergers and Acquisitions Demystified
PAPL and AIQ India director details one of the industry’s current transformations. India’s vertical-transportation (VT) industry is undergoing a transformation from a protected environment to one of open trade and...
Bloomdale Gated Community
Amar Tendulkar of Mahindra LifeSpaces shares insights on the company’s 80-elevator project at MIHAN, Nagpur’s rapidly developing technological and IT hub. The Mahindra LifeSpaces project Bloomdale is a gated community...
