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Critical Situation
Russia needs to replace 100,000 elevators by 2025, but challenges loom. by Eugene Gerden The situation in the Russian elevator sector continues to deteriorate as ever-tightening sanctions and chronic underfunding...
Renovation Wave
Unlike the U.S., many cities in Europe have buildings that are more than 1,000 years old. According to the classical texts, Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it 2,773...
Championing Urbanization
Your author (LF) speaks to Florian Troesch (FT), vice president of Schindler PORT Technology at Schindler Group, about the company's role in this important topic. LF: You had a large...
Analysis and Calculation of Elevator Car Fall Incidents Caused by Serious Damage of Diverter Pulley Bearing
Serious incidents reviewed. In recent years, there have been some serious incidents in which the failure of the diverter pulley caused the counterweight to fall and eventually led to the...
Engineering Excellence
Next Level Elevators completes precision installation in Melbourne. by Caleb Terpstra Project Overview Lincoln Place is a complex residential project that required engineering excellence. The Melbourne, Australia, residence situated in...
A Tower of Success
Moroccan billionaire's dream transforms Africa's skyline. Othman Benjelloun is a Moroccan billionaire banker whose many investment ideas may have translated into reality over the years. But accomplishing his dream of...
Are We Prepared?
What would happen if the more than one million elevators in Spain stopped working? Technological innovation surrounds all areas of our lives, and this should make us think about situations...
Elevator Forum 2024
Component manufacturers join forces to present traveling roadshow. The Elevator Forum has been around for many years with a varied line-up. This year, component manufacturers MEILLER Aufzugtüren GmbH of Munich,...
VT Helped by Sustainability
Europe seems to have many of the same problems as the U.S. concerning the construction industry and vertical transportation (VT): high interest rates, a pandemic-inspired surge in remote working, a...
Elevating the VW “Bulli”
How the 3XL elevator from Schmidt Aufzüge Medebach is integrated into the automated production process images by Hans-Wilhelm Berghoff In November 2023, your author visited the freight elevator built by...
