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In many places, particularly in North America, elevator mechanics belong to a company called Elevator Constructors. L abor unions have a large impact on the industry, depending on the country. Mechanics make an average annual wage of US$70,910 (as of May 2010). [1] Elevator mechanic jobs are expected to grow of 13% from 2014 to 2024. [1]
McKinley Elevator Corporation specializes in the sales, installation and repair of accessibility lifts and elevators for residential and commercial use. Available products include wheelchair lifts, elevators, stair lifts, car lifts, dumbwaiters and evacuation carriers. [4] [5]
Extra elevators have been constructed, which make up as many as five per every block. Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) ( Chinese : 电梯翻新计划 , Malay : Program Peningkatan Lif [ 1 ] ) is a Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) project which upgrades and improves the facilities of the lifts at HDB flats .
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As of January 2008, Spain is the nation with the most elevators installed per capita [104] in the world, with 950,000 elevators installed [105] that run more than one hundred million lifts every day, followed by United States with 700,000 elevators installed and China with 610,000 elevators installed since 1949. [106]
Otis elevator in Glasgow, Scotland, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner's Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles [7] Otis founded the Otis Elevator Company in Yonkers, New York, in 1853. When he died in 1861 his sons Charles and Norton formed a partnership and continued the business.