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“Is There Even More?”

3D printing in elevator manufacturing Your author, Undine Stricker-Berghoff (USB), recently talked to Oliver Simmonds (OS), graduate engineer (University of Applied Science) in mechanical engineering and principal engineer at Schindler...

Interlift 2023 in Augsburg, Germany, Continues to Grow

AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH, organizer of the interlift 2023 international vertical-transportation trade fair in Augsburg, Germany, on October 17-20, reports the fair continues to grow, with 40% more exhibitors...

Schindler Built-In Technology Presented at Singapore Show

Jardine Schindler Group featured new technology, including Schindler's BuilT-In, at BEX Asia in Singapore in September. BuilT-In is a state-of-the-art Building Transit Integrator specially designed to meet modern-day buildings' present...

Schindler Announces 1Q Profits Drop But Beats Estimates

Schindler reported on April 22 a drop in first-quarter net profit but beat the consensus forecast despite supply chain woes, cost inflation, coronavirus lockdowns and market contraction in China, according...

Elevators and Earthquakes: An (Un) Holy Alliance?

Experts work on ways to keep ground shaking from causing vertical-transportation disasters. In the beginning, a new panorama elevator in Hamburg, Germany, regularly stalled — even without earthquakes, but also...

Maspero Elevatori Wins VT Contract for Palais Des Nations

Maspero Elevatori has been awarded a more-than-EUR2.8-million (US$3.4-million) contract for the vertical-transportation (VT) portion of renovation of the historic Palais des Nations, the United Nations (UN) European headquarters (HQ) in...