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A Tour of Italy
In this On Camera, ELEVATOR WORLD Europe highlights its visits with elevator companies throughout the country. by T.Bruce MacKinnon and Bülent Yılmaz In early February, before the coronavirus pandemic began...
A Return to Merchants on the Mediterranean
In early February, T. Bruce MacKinnon, president and CEO of Elevator World Inc. (my son), and Bulent Yılmaz, managing director of ELEVATOR WORLD Europe went on a whirlwind Tour of...
From R&D to Application
Roadmap used by KONE for its DX line of elevators offers guidelines for the process. KONE’s DX — “Digital Experience” — elevators, available since January 2020 (ELEVATOR WORLD Middle East,...
A Prototype Robot Named “Heidi”
Your author learns about new technologies at Schindler. photos courtesy of Schindler Your author (USB) recently spoke to Christian Studer (CS) of Schindler in Switzerland about R&D at Schindler and...
Noise Abatement
Stuttgart scientists study sound in buildings, but full-fledged testing of elevators has yet to commence. Your author (USB) recently asked Professor Berndt Zeitler, Professor Heinz-Martin Fischer and Dr. Jochen Scheck...
Einstein Elevator
Earthbound test platform promises zero-gravity research. Your author (USB) recently spoke with Professor Dr.-Ing. Ludger Overmeyer (LO) and Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Lotz (CL), Leibniz University of Hanover in Germany, Institute of...
Ideas Abound In The New Normal
In three short months, elevators have gone from the safest means of travel in the world to a stressful square space we are reluctant to enter. We are used to...
A Forward-Looking “Vision”
Elevator door protection company Formula Systems looks to replicate its North American success in Europe and the U.K. By Trudi Osborne A subsidiary of the Airdri Group, the U.K.'s largest...
Steady Growth
German elevator/escalator market shows upgrade. The German elevator and escalator industry holds a strong third place in Europe, and is showing steady growth. It is embedded within a German economy...
Elevatoring in the Time of the Virus
In early January, we decided to have Elevator World’s Annual General Meeting virtually. It wasn’t because we had to, but because our CEO wanted to try out some new technology....
