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VDI Standards Set in Germany
Engineers set the current state of the art The Association of German Engineers (VDI, Verein Deutscher Ingenieure) is the third-largest German technical standardization body. It issues up to 250 standards...
38th Heilbronn Elevator Days
The 38th Heilbronn Elevator Days (Heilbronner Aufzugstage) (HAT) held on March 2 and 3 under the heading, "Challenges Facing the Elevator Industry," brought about 130 virtual participants together (roughly half...
Twenty Years of TÃœV AUSTRIA Lift Day
Vienna gathering offers mixture of new topics and familiar concepts. In April, the 20th TÃœV AUSTRIA Lift Day took place, for the second time, optionally online or in the Museum...
FAIN Ascensores
From Local, to National, to International by Olga Quintanilla FAIN Ascensores is a Madrid-based company founded in the 1970s that has managed, after three generations, to position itself in the...
Prolift Celebrates30 Years
Bulgarian elevator, escalator and components manufacturer has been helping move people and goods since 1991. Prolift Ltd. is an elevator, escalator and components manufacturing company focused on custom solutions for...
Escalator Runaways
In this Readers' Platform, your author contends that all escalators and inclined moving walks should have an auxiliary brake. A number of high-profile escalator runaways have happened in recent years,...
Whiteface Mountain Historic Elevator
Elevator at popular tourist attraction renewed with a nod toward its legacy. submitted by Douglas M. Scheu, Architectural Resources, P.C. Whiteface Mountain rises 4,867 ft above the lush natural landscape...
Beauty and the Beast
This month's issue is a study in contrasts. The "beast" is the coronavirus that comes to us from nature and refuses to go away. The "beauty" is our annual photo...
Inspiration Strikes in the Strangest Places
The steamy tale behind the composite elevator rope prototype submitted by Exel Composites Some of the world’s best ideas originate from the strangest of places. It’s rumored that prolific Nintendo...
Landing and Car Doors for Inclined Lifts
The features of a new landing door system are detailed in this Product Spotlight. submitted by MEILLER Aufzugtüren GmbH An inclined lift is, by definition, a passenger and goods lift...
