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Montgomery Elevator: Acquired by Kone, Canadian division in 1985 and U.S. division in 1994. Marshall Elevator: Sold to Otis; Schweizerische Aufzügefabrik AG; Thyssen AG: Merged with Krupp and became ThyssenKrupp in 1999, with subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG; ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG announced in 2021 a name change and rebranding to TK ...
Became the tallest elevator test tower when completed in January 2020 2 Jauhar Test Tower [3] Otis: Shanghai, China: 886 ft (270 m) 2018 In Shanghai, the world’s oldest elevator manufacturer is set to make the biggest research and development center for really tall elevators — a really tall test tower. 3 Canny Test Tower [4] Canny Elevator
The International Association of Elevator Consultants, formerly National Association of Vertical Transportation Professionals, [1] is an association of elevator consultants. The group states that it was formed to share information and ideas, network, and weed out the under-qualified individuals claiming to be elevator consultants.
The TK Elevator Test Tower, an elevator test tower in Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. An elevator test tower is a structure usually 100 to over 200 metres (300 feet to over 600 feet) tall that is designed to evaluate the stress and fatigue limits of specific elevator cars in a controlled environment.
The International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) is a trade union in the United States and Canada that represents members who construct, modernize, repair, and service elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and other conveyances. The IUEC claims a membership of over 25,000.
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.
The Sears Tower was planned with 103 elevators, [151] [159] including 14 double-deck elevators. [151] [168] The office stories are served by 97 elevator cabs; due to the presence of the double-deck elevators, these occupy 83 shafts. [124] As designed, one bank of single-deck elevators connected the lobby to the lowest 28 stories. [168]
The United States Department of Defense defines EEI as follows: "The most critical information requirements regarding the adversary and the environment needed by the commander by a particular time to relate with other available information and intelligence in order to assist in reaching a logical decision.