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TRITON NAMES DIRECTOR OF SALES AND MARKETING
Lucas Cappelletti has been named director of Sales and Marketing at Triton Elevator LLC, based in Duncanville, Texas. In his past role as Regional Sales manager at Travertine Elevator Interiors, Cappelletti worked with OEMs on large elevator-interior projects. Noting his depth and breadth of experience, Triton stated, "With his extensive knowledge of the intricacies and strict guidelines of elevator OEM requirements as it pertains to cab-interior design solutions, Cappelletti will help Triton Elevator build a team of elevator construction professionals that will provide a link between elevator-manufacturing companies and the ever-changing demands of the elevator-interior design market."
VERTICAL-TRANSPORTATION UPGRADES AT INDIAN RAIL STATION
A busy rail station in southwestern India is in the midst of vertical-transportation upgrades, Indian newspapers report. Mysuru station, which handles approximately 25,000 passengers daily, saw two escalators at platforms 1 and 6 inaugurated by Southwestern Railway officials on November 5, and two elevators are expected to be installed by December at platforms 2-3 and 4-5, The Times of India reports. The escalators are complaint with international code, have 100-cm-wide steps, travel at a nominal speed of 0.5 mps and can carry 100 passengers per min. The Hindu notes the improvements will be a relief to passengers who no longer have to carry luggage across a steep foot overbridge or walk across busy tracks.
“HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR PERFORMANCE” TOPIC OF EIGSC MEETING
“Maximizing Your Hydraulic Elevator Performance” with presenters Steve Romnes, president of Vertitron Midwest Inc. and vice president of Business Development for MEI Total Elevator Solutions, and Pat Tobin, representative of Business Development for MEI, is the topic of the Elevator Industry Group of Southern California’s (EIGSC) November 15 lunch meeting. The location is Taix French Restaurant, 1911 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90026. Doors open at 11:30 and the meeting starts at noon. For more information, contact Nicole Smith at MEI.
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Image: A file photo of the subway work in progress at Mysuru City Railway Station; via The Hindu:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/after-escalators-mysuru-railway-station-to-have-subway-lifts-soon/article9313990.ece
