Press Room

January 11th, 2021

New Jersey – American Elevator Group (“AEG”), today announced additional acquisitions of Standard Elevator (“Standard”), and Dura-Lift Elevator (“Dura-Lift”), further developing their ability to offer comprehensive elevator services throughout the state.

Standard Elevator, founded in 1979, is an independent provider of elevator maintenance, modernization and installation services in New Jersey and the adjacent New York City metropolitan area.

Established in 1997, Dura-Lift provide installation, modernization, repair and maintenance services across the entire New Jersey and New York tri-state area. The Company references Coca-Cola, United Airlines, and Nature’s Bounty among their impressive list of clients.

Jersey Elevator’s President John Sweeney, another recent AEG acquisition, welcomed Standard and Dura-Lift to AEG, commenting “Since we became a part of the AEG development journey, Jersey Elevator has enjoyed significant positive assistance and attention from our new colleagues. They are certainly helping us expand our horizons. These are exciting times!”

C. Mark Boelhouwer, President of AEG, agreed, “Standard and Dura-Lift have strong reputations for their commitment to providing exceptional customer service, and we are delighted to consider them a part of our developing success story. AEG will provide support to help them develop and grow further, better serving our customers through investments in technology and complementary acquisitions.”

Lift Business Advisors, Inc. facilitated the transactions on behalf of Standard Elevator & Dura-Lift Elevator.

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About American Elevator Group
American Elevator Group is a collection of trusted, highly reputable, select elevator service companies. Their key focus is to deliver exceptional customer value while covering all industry specialisms, from legacy maintenance and repair services to high-technology installations and modernizations.

www.americanelevator.com
www.standardelevatorcorp.com
www.duraliftelevator.com
www.jerseyelevator.com
www.liftbusiness.com

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John Curzon
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www.curzoncreative.com

 

Milan, 8 January 2021 - Prysmian Group announces that it has completed the acquisition of EHC Global, leading manufacturer of strategic components and integrated solutions for the vertical transportation industry. Established in 1977, EHC Global is a leading manufacturer and supplier of escalator handrails, rollers, elevator belts, strategic components and integrated solutions for the vertical transportation industry. EHC Global also provides a comprehensive range of technical services for escalators and moving walkways, including installations. The acquisition of EHC Global is in line with Prysmian Group’s strategy to grow and reinforce its value-added businesses. EHC Global is a complementary add-on to the Group’s Draka Elevator business, broadening its product portfolio with a wide range of escalator products and services.

About Prysmian Group
Prysmian Group is world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. With almost 140 years of experience, sales of over €11 billion, about 29,000 employees in over 50 countries and 106 plants, the Group is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and offers the widest possible range of products, services, technologies and know-how. It operates in the businesses of underground and submarine cables and systems for power transmission and distribution, of special cables for applications in many different industries and of medium and low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure sectors. For the telecommunications industry, the Group manufactures cables and accessories for voice, video and data transmission, offering a comprehensive range of optical fibres, optical and copper cables and connectivity systems. Prysmian is a public company, listed on the Italian Stock Exchange in the FTSE MIB index.

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Investor Relations Director
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Lexington, KY, and Windber, PA – American Elevator Group (“AEG”), today announced the completion of investments in Kentucky-based DC Elevator, and Pennsylvania’s Eastern Elevator, expanding their service footprint across the Eastern United States.

Founded in 1977, DC Elevator is recognized as the largest independent elevator company in the state of Kentucky, with offices in Lexington, Louisville, Hazard, and Charleston, WV, and satellite offices in Florence and Paducah.

Eastern Elevator, established in 1959, serve customers throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, Eastern Ohio, and Northern West Virginia.

Regarding the investments, Karen Kennedy Dodds, CEO of Kencor Elevator, themselves a recent AEG acquisition, commented on behalf of AEG, saying “We have known DC Elevator and Eastern Elevator for many years, and are excited to have them become part of AEG. Their deserved reputations for quality and service will add further strength to our combined future potential, and provide their customers with an enhanced service experience.”

About American Elevator Group
American Elevator Group is a collection of trusted, highly reputable, select elevator service companies. Their key focus is to deliver exceptional customer value while covering all industry specialisms, from legacy maintenance and repair services to high-technology installations and modernizations.
www.americanelevator.com
www.dcelevator.com
www.easternelevator.com
www.kencorelevator.com

Contact (For Press Inquiries Only):
John Curzon
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(917) 267-7769
www.curzoncreative.com

 

Ayr, Ontario: GMV North America today announced the launch of its official website, a new step in their efforts to improve quality of residential and commercial elevators across North America. Thus, GMV North America is working diligently to produce complete, non-proprietary elevator packages and quality online services that will support its GMV Advantage Partner network in quickly delivering high quality, non-proprietary elevator installations. Moreover, this approach will lower design and installation time by up to 40%, saving valuable time and money.

An update to the GMV North America digital experience was necessary to assist local elevator companies in designing and quoting their ideal elevator package of the highest quality. Therefore, the introduction of these digital tools offers a new way for Architects, Elevator Companies, Home Builders, and more to streamline the elevator design and construction processes.

“The introduction of GMV’s 100% complete, non-proprietary elevator packages will revolutionize the way in which local elevator companies do business.” says Rob Farrell, Managing Director at GMV North America. “Our Advantage Partner Portal will enable our strategic partners to improve the speed and quality of their quoting processes.”

Features and benefits of the GMV North America website include:

  • Simple user interface
  • All relevant company product and service information
  • Useful design resources
  • Safe and efficient contact forms

GMV North America’s new website is currently live and may be found at www.gmv-na.com . For more information on GMV North America, please visit our website or contact our team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

About GMV North America:
“GMV-North America creates the revolutionary residential and commercial elevator packages that you want and need. Accordingly, we work with architects, elevator installers, home builders, and more to save our clientele valuable time and money. Moreover, GMV’s purpose is to improve our industry by bringing elegant elevator products to your homes and commercial buildings, without sacrificing design or function.”

 

Conyers, Georgia - It is with great pleasure that the NAEC Board of Directors welcomes the new leadership team for the organization: association veteran Rená B. Cozart as our new Executive Director, and long-time NAEC manager Amanda Smith as our new Deputy Director. 

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