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Columbia Helps Southern California Grow “Up”
Work abounds in the increasingly more upscale region. High-rise buildings, 1,000-plus-ft. in height, proliferating in southern California? That was unimaginable not that many years ago, but today, such structures –...
Square Peg for a Round Hole
Sacramento’s Capitol collaborates with Schumacher, Columbia and GAL/Hollister-Whitney to deliver unique residential project. Sacramento, California, home to approximately 450,000 (more than 2.1 million if one includes the greater metropolitan area),...
Pixel Turns Five
Details of EC’s elevator control system are revealed in this Product Spotlight. This summer marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of the Pixel Elevator Control System from Elevator Controls...
Market Trends: Trending Up
From Southern California to Washington State, a West Coast construction boom that is transforming skylines means plenty of work for VT companies. Fueled in large part by the technology boom,...
Robotics Leader Yaskawa Plans Slovenia Factory submitted
Company behind Motoman industrial robots expects new facility to supply 80% of European demand. Japanese technology group Yaskawa Electric Corp. is preparing to build a robot plant in Slovenia, the...
Smart Machines Are Ushering In a New Generation of Production
Companies must embrace Industry 4.0 or risk falling behind the competition. Information technologies are transforming all aspects of our lives. For many people, this may be most noticeable socially, but...
“REDI” for the Future
EW gets an inside look at how KONE is designing an intuitive, smart system for landmark Helsinki development. Northwest of downtown Helsinki in former container-shipping area Kalasatama, an energy simmers....
Riding the Cutting Edge
Robotics and automation help ECS boost efficiency, expand product lines and improve the customer experience. Elevator Cable Supply Corp. (ECS) embraces automation and robotic technology to improve its manufacturing process...
Will the Elevator Industry Meet the Future?
In this Readers Platform, editor asks industry to take factory technology into the field. While the world of construction is in constant change, there are many more changes to come...
University Cab Interiors from Eklund’s
Unique installations from the company can be found at Yale, Kansas State and North Carolina State. Over the past 34 years, Eklund’s has had the opportunity to work on several...
