Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com NEII AGAIN PROVIDING CORONAVIRUS UPDATES National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) is again providing updates on the coronavirus on its coronavirus resources page, including a spreadsheet of jurisdictional restrictions and information on current requirements, mandates and policies in jurisdictions throughout North America. Information about face-mask and proof-...
Aug 19, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com CHAMPION STRENGTHENS N.J. PRESENCE WITH PAIR OF ACQUISITIONS In 2021, Champion Elevator Corp., with headquarters in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, strengthened its N.J. presence with a pair of acquisitions: Independence Elevator Co., a company led by Amy DiPaolo that serves customers in N.J. and northeastern Pennsylvania; and Payton Elevator Co., estab...
Aug 18, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com KONE BEGINS ESCALATOR WORK AT VIRGINIA METRO STATION KONE began the installation of four new and more durable escalators at the Pentagon City Metro Station in Arlington, Virginia, on August 16, Patch.com reports. Both entrances to the Pentagon City Metro Station will need to be closed at different times during construction, with the east side of South Hayes S...
Aug 17, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com FOUNDATION WORK BEGINS ON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TOWER Excavation and foundation work are underway for a 34-story tower on the Manhattanville campus of Columbia University in New York City, New York YIMBY reports. Machinery and crews were recently seen putting together numerous pilings across the plot at 600 West 125th Street. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Wo...
Aug 16, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com CONTACTLESS DEVICE MAKER NEONODE REPORTS ON SALES Neonode, a Stockholm, Sweden, designer of contactless touch devices for elevators and other uses, saw revenue of US$1.7 million for the quarter ending June 30, Yahoo Finance reported August 11. The companys Touch Sensor Modules (TSMs) offer an intuitive and safer user experience, said Neonode CEO Dr. Urban For...
Aug 13, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com AFD INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT AFD Industries, in a press release on August 10, announced Brandyn M. Eckhart as its new president. Eckhart earned an associate degree from Chabot College in Hayward, California, and a bachelors degree in communications from Malone University in Canton, Ohio. He has been with AFD since 2016, starting out as a sales repre...
Aug 12, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com TKE, SRI LANKAN FIRM WIN MALDIVES AIRPORT CONTRACT DIMO, a Sri Lanka-based conglomerate with a range of engineering companies, including vertical-transportation (VT), has won a project to supply, install and maintain elevators, escalators and moving walks at the Velana International Airport in Mal, capital of the island nation Maldives, Adaderana Biz reported...
Aug 11, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com TELME CEREMONY MARKS MILESTONE FOR SAFETY Toshiba Elevator Middle East (TELME) held a ceremony August 5 at the companys Dubai office to celebrate reaching 5 million hours with no lost-time incidents for the period March 2012 to March 2021, the company announced. TELME Managing Director M.J. Mohamed Iqbal, in a statement to greet the gathering, congratulated t...
Aug 10, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com TKE LANDS 122-UNIT VT CONTRACT FOR QUITO METRO SYSTEM Quito, Ecuador, is building its first metro transit system, and TK Elevator (TKE) has been awarded the vertical-transportation (VT) contract for the first line, the company announced on August 6. Known as Line 1, the project will include 15 stations and is expected to handle 400,000 passengers in the first...
Aug 09, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com MASPERO PROVIDES SIX LIFTS FOR REVAMPED MONTE CARLO BEACH Italys Maspero Elevatori built six lifts for the redevelopment of Larvotto Beach in Monte Carlo in the Principality of Monaco, the company announced. Maspero collaborated with project architect Renzo Piano Building Workshop to design the lifts, four of which are panoramic. Since mid-July, the units have helped mo...
Aug 06, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com INSTALLATION OF MAKE IN INDIA VT EQUIPMENT AT KANPUR BEGINS The installation of elevators and escalators in nine Metro Stations in India has begun, The Times of India reported on August 4. A total of 27 escalators and 33 lifts are being installed in stations on the stretch of Priority Corridor between Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Moti Jheel lake. All of the ...
Aug 05, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com OTIS BRAZIL FACTORY ACHIEVES ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION Otis' manufacturing facility in So Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, achieved ISO 14001 certification for environmental management systems, a milestone that "supports the companywide ESG (environmental, social and governance) goal," Otis announced in July. The OEM is targeting 2025 for all its factories to be ISO 14001-certi...
Aug 04, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com COUNCIL TO GRANT PLANNING CONSENT FOR EDGE LONDON BRIDGE TOWER The Southwark Council resolved to grant planning approval for the EDGE London Bridge tower, Pilbrow & Partners reported in July. Developed by Dutch-based EDGE and designed by Pilbrow & Partners, the building will be located at 60-68 St. Thomas Street next to the London Bridge Station. It will be the most sus...
Aug 03, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com KONE PHILIPPINES PROVIDES SANITIZING SOLUTIONS KPI Elevators, Inc. (KONE Philippines) will outfit the yet-to-be-constructed Senate building in Taguig City and PRC Building in Pasay City, Philippines, with sanitizing solutions such as elevator air purifiers and self-disinfecting escalator handrails, addressing hygiene concerns people have about public spaces, BusinessWor...
Aug 02, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com ORACLE ELEVATOR ANNOUNCES NEW PARENT COMPANY NAME Oracle Elevator announced in July that its parent company has rebranded to Elevated Facility Services Group (EFS). In addition to Oracle, EFS supports several leading regional brands in the elevator and escalator maintenance, repair and operations sector, including EMR Elevator, Premier Elevator and Premier Oracle Elevator. Together, t...
Jul 29, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com NYCS DYNASTY ELEVATOR NAMES HOLGUIN PROJECT EXECUTIVE Dynasty Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, has named Amelia Holguin project executive supporting service, modernization and new construction projects. An experienced elevator professional, Holguin brings a vast amount of knowledge and experience to her current role. Working at companies in both the NYC metropolitan area and the ...
Jul 28, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com SOUTHEAST ELEVATOR ACQUIRES GULFSIDE ELEVATOR Southeast Elevator, headquartered in Ft. Pierce, Florida, has acquired Gulfside Elevator and Cab Interiors LLC, based in Naples, Florida, Maven Group, LLC, which facilitated the deal, announced on July 27. Acquiring Palm Beach Lifts in May 2021, 26-year-old Southeast Elevator manufactures, installs and services residential and commercial e...
Jul 27, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com TKE TO ACQUIRE VANCOUVER-BASED CITY ELEVATOR TK Elevator (TKE) announced on July 23 it signed an agreement to acquire City Elevator, founded in 2004 and providing elevator service and maintenance through more than 75 employees in the Vancouver, Canada, metro area. The deal is set to become effective on July 29. TKE has a strong presence in the metro Vancouver area, including providing...
Jul 26, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com KONE DESCRIBES STRONG HALF YEAR, REMAINING CHALLENGES In a financial report covering January-June 2021, KONE described strong financial performance and market recovery as it continues to navigate global supply-chain and pricing challenges. Orders grew by 16.2% in that timeframe to EUR2.41 billion (US$2.8 billion), and sales by 11% to EUR2.81 billion (US$3.29 billion). President and CE...
Jul 23, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com TKE TO EQUIP STOCKHOLM METRO STATIONS WITH 44 ESCALATORS TK Elevator (TKE) has won a multimillion-euro order from AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik to equip Stockholm metro stations with 44 heavy-duty victoria escalators, TKE announced on July 22. The 110-km-long system, also known as the tunnelbana, is world-famous for its paintings and sculptures that attract hundreds of thousands of vi...
Jul 22, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com OTIS LAUNCHES EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CoE IN DETROIT On the heels of announcing its newest elevator platforms, Otis said in July it is opening a new Embedded Systems Center of Excellence (CoE) in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, Michigan. Currently composed of approximately 12 Otis colleagues, the CoE will be a global hub for innovation in model-based design, advanced control software...
Jul 21, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Franz:www.hellofranz.com SINGAPORE TO PAY BONUSES TO VT TECHNICIANS Channel News Asia reports that Singapore's Tripartite Cluster for Lift and Escalator (TCLE) announced in July that vertical-transportation (VT) technicians in the country will receive mandatory bonuses of at least a months pay beginning in 2023. The bonuses represent updates to the progressive wage model (PWM) for the sector. TCLE also agreed...
Jul 20, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com NEW EMIGRATION HALL OPENS AT AIRPORT IN SRI LANKA A new Emigration Hall opened at the departure passenger terminal in the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Sri Lanka, ColomboPage reports. The terminal was renovated under the BIA Terminal 1 expansion project, and 23 emigration counters have been added, allowing passengers to avoid congestion and reach their des...
Jul 19, 2021•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com PROVINCETOWN INCLINED ELEVATOR INSPECTION CONTINUES The newly constructed inclined elevator at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum in Provincetown, Massachusetts, is still going through inspections after being declared fully functional in April, the Cape Cod Times reports. Weve learned elevator controllers and elevator safety is quite rigorous, said K. David We...
Jul 16, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com D&D ELEVATOR ELEVATES KEY EMPLOYEES TO MANAGEMENT ROLES Yonkers, New York-based D&D Elevator, an American Elevator Group company, announced two key promotions: Deborah Yanno, who has been with D&D 15 years and previously served as modernization manager, is now vice president, and Eric Dettmering, who has been with the company 30 years and previously served as modernizat...
Jul 15, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com ELEVATOR INDUSTRY LAUNCHES FIFTH COVID-19 SURVEY Elevator World, Inc.; the German elevator association VFA Interlift e.V.; and fair organizer AFAG, in association with Credit Suisse, are launching a fifth survey of elevator industry representatives on current industry status and anticipated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business. Results of the fourth s...
Jul 14, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com CAMPAIGN RECOGNIZES EFFORTS OF VT PERSONNEL IN INDIA International Sourcing Exposition for Elevators & Escalators (ISEE), an industry event being held in Mumbai, has launched the ELEVATOR MECHANICS You Keep the World Moving public campaign to recognize the work of elevator personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Print reports. The campaign is in response ...
Jul 13, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com TK ELEVATOR ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO MANAGEMENT BOARD IN GERMANY TK Elevator (TKE) has announced two new changes to its management board in Germany, effective October 1. Dr. Phillip Voet van Vormizeele will succeed Dr. Detlef Hunsdiek, who is retiring, in the position of chief human resources officer (CHRO), and will oversee HR and legal, compliance, data protect...
Jul 12, 2021•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by Matot Dumbwaiters and Material Lifts:www.matot.com KONE WINS 77-UNIT CONTRACT FOR CHANGSHA, CHINA, PROJECT KONE has won an order for 77 units that will include elevators, escalators and moving walks for the two-tower Changsha Shengtong Meixi International Headquarters Center, the OEM announced on July 9. Changsha, capital of southern Chinas Hunan Province, is welcoming the development to its CBD, on the shore...
Jul 09, 2021•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Todays podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com:www.elevatorbooks.com BROKEN VT IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TRANSIT STATIONS AN ISSUE A dozen escalators and one elevator in the four downtown stations of the Seattle transit tunnel remained broken as of the first week of July, Mass Transit reports. When 2021 began, 28 of the 58 escalators and elevators, all more than 30 years old, were inoperable at the stations when King County Metro handed over m...
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