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Toapanta Tapped to Lead Urban Elevator’s L.A. Operation

Urban Elevator Service Co. President Edward Pleban recently announced that Eddy Toapanta has been hired as vice president/principal in charge of sales for the Los Angeles office. Toapanta has more...

TKE Appoints New CEO, Predecessor to Retire

Uday Yadav has been appointed CEO of TK Elevator (TKE), effective May 16, as predecessor Peter Walker has decided to retire, the company announces. Yadav joins TKE from the global...

NEII Names Director of Safey and Director of Government Affairs

National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) recently named Trent Behr director of safety and Billy Taylor director of government affairs. Prior to joining NEII, Behr served as a project manager for...

Miller Named Schmersal Business Development Manager, Elevators

Ray Miller was recently named business development manager, elevators, for Canada and the U.S., at The Schmersal Group. Previously, Miller held various positions at Draka Elevator: director of sales —...

Prysmian Group Appoints Parvesse President of Draka EHC

Prysmian Group announced on April 11 it has appointed Richard Parvesse president of Draka EHC, its Rocky Mount, North Carolina-headquartered elevator and escalator division. Draka EHC was formed by the...

Standard Elevator Systems Announces Changes at the Top

Standard Elevator Systems (SES) named two new leaders: CEO Sterrett Lloyd and Chief Operating Officer Dave Schneider. In addition, Jimmy He has become chairman of the board. All positions became...

Liftinstituut Adds Five to Expert Certification Team

Amsterdam, Netherlands-headquartered Liftinstituut has added five experts to its certification team, the product certification organization recently announced. They are: Wouter Bijlsma, Tolga Göktaş, Mohamed Issa, Elena Mauro and Tejaswini Gangegowda...

WAGO Names IIoT, Linux Business Development Manager

WAGO Corp., headquartered in Germantown, Wisconsin, has named Tyrone Visser as North American business development manager for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Linux. Prior to his new role,...

Details Of Mitsubishi Electric’s New Building Systems Subsidiary

Mitsubishi Electric announced the head office and president/representative director for its new Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corp. subsidiary on February 17. They are, respectively, 7-1 Yurakucho 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and...

AEG Adds Amato, Clairmont And Lazear To Executive Team

NYC-based American Elevator Group (AEG) announced three new appointments to its senior leadership team in January: Eduardo Amato, chief financial officer (CFO); Bryan Clairmont, chief operating officer (COO); and Eric...