ELEVATOR WORLD Commercial Staff
EW Online Extras continues its introduction of key personnel with a look at the Commercial Department at Elevator World, Inc. These are the people responsible for the advertising, marketing and sales of EW’s magazines, books, websites and other media. Several faces should be recognizable by the industry, because they travel to trade shows and meetings, but others may only be known as voices on the telephone or names in e-mail addresses. To meet the EW commercial staff, click here.

EESF Annual Meeting
In its May 2008 issue, EW reports on the annual meeting of the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF), which was recently held in Atlanta. In addition, attendees visited an Atlanta-area school for a presentation of the Safe-T Rider© program. To see some of the pictures from these events, click here.

High-Speed Moving Walk in Toronto’s Airport
Davis L. Turner reports on the high-speed moving walk in Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in the May issue of EW. The system is approximately 267.75 meters long and can reach a speed of approximately 2 mps. For more on this automated people mover, click here.
 
High-Rise Lego® Elevator
An anonymous engineer submitted the latest elevator made from the Lego Elevator Model Building Set, which was featured in the Last Glance of May’s EW. It incorporates an overheard-machine arrangement and stands nearly 30 inches high. To view a video of the miniature engineering feat, click here.

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