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Otis’ China Manufacturing Achieves Zero Waste Certification
Otis Worldwide has achieved Gold-level TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) zero waste certification for all of its five manufacturing facilities in China. This makes Otis the first elevator company...
Jay Zamal Retires from Unitec
UNITEC recently announced on LinkedIn the retirement of Jay Zamal in February. Zamal has more than 34 years of Otis experience and parts knowledge having worked in warehouse operations, electro-mechanical...
Otis Named a World’s Most Admired Company by Fortune
Otis has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies for 2024 by Fortune magazine, based on survey responses from more than 3,700 business leaders and industry analysts....
Major Otis Contracts in China and Hong Kong SAR
Otis President, CEO and Chair Judy Marks announced during a January 31 earnings call that the company is handling a new-equipment contract in Chongqing, China, and a modernization contract in...
Otis Modernizing VT for EMEA Icons Burj Khalifa and Eiffel Tower
Otis will be modernizing vertical-transportation (VT) equipment at two iconic structures in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Eiffel Tower...
The Gen360™ Platform, the Next Generation of Digital and Sustainable Elevators
by Pascal Rebillard, Alper Caliskan and Vijay Lakamraju This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract The megatrends of urbanization and our...
NAEC NexGen Announces Chair and Vice Chair
John Mezzo, president of NYC-based Dynasty Elevator, and Morgan Jones, general manager of Hyperion Solutions based in Memphis, Tennessee, have been named chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National...
Swanson Named TSM for Vantage Western Region
Vantage Elevator Solutions has named Stan Swanson territory sales manager (TSM) for the Mountain States of the Western Region. Reporting directly to Vantage Western Region Manager Mark Ortiz, Swanson will...
JPMorgan Supertall Headed Toward Topping Out in Midtown Manhattan
By around the end of this month, JPMorgan Chase’s 1,388-ft-tall, 60-story supertall headquarters is expected to top out at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East. Manhattan, NY, as thousands of...
Longtime Elevator Professional Releases Motivational Book in India
Vivek Puranik, a U.S.-based author who has more than 27 years’ experience in the elevator industry, has released the book “Feathers On My Wings” in India, geared toward “preparing young...
