Traction

Elevator Service Group Announces GEDA USA Partnership

The Elevator Service Group of Hoist & Crane Service Group, headquartered in Jefferson, Louisiana, with locations throughout the U.S., announced it is now an authorized service provider for GEDA USA....

Claddagh Electronics Appoints Johnson Business Development Consultant

Claddagh Electronics Ltd., the Long Island City, NY-headquartered manufacturer of code-compliant solutions for the vertical-transportation industry, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Jeff Johnson as business development...

Otis Elevator System for 47-Story Residential Tower Rising in Hell’s Kitchen

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing four SkyRise® and two third-party hydraulic elevators at 550 Tenth Avenue, a 47-story residential tower rising in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, following a fire...

Noble Elevator Package for New East Harlem Residential Tower

Thomas Dutton, vice president of Bohemia, New York-based Noble Elevator Co., Inc., tells ELEVATOR WORLD Noble provided two traction elevators and one hydraulic elevator to 88 East 127th Street, a...

Hydroware, Vlaswinkel Liftmodernising Launch Supply & Fit To Serve Benelux Region

Sweden's Hydroware AB and Vlaswinkel Liftmodernising B.V. of the Netherlands launched Supply & Fit — a turnkey lift modernization solution — in July to serve the Benelux region in western...

TEI Provides Five-Elevator System for New Manhattan Residential Tower

TEI Group tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing a five-elevator system for 250 East 83rd Street, a 31-story residential building rising in the Yorkville section of Manhattan's Upper East Side....

Smartrise Names Western Region Business Development Manager

Smartrise Engineering, Inc., headquartered in Irving, Texas, recently named Jason Pollock business development manager for all hydraulic and traction controller customers in the western U.S. region. Pollock boasts 25 years'...

Traction Sheave Maintenance

How to identify and prevent traction sheave damage due to unequal rope tension Value: 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) This article is approved for Continuing Education by NAEC for CET®...