Coronavirus Industry Update

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com CORONAVIRUS INDUSTRY UPDATE ELEVATOR WORLD (EW) has been the vertical-transportation industry’s source for news and information for 67 years, and we aim to continue to be during the coronavirus pandemic affecting readers, advertisers, employees, contributors and associates around the world. With magazines in the U.S., India, the Middle East, Turkey, Europe and the U.K. and a strong online presence, EW has a wide reach. We will share your company news as often as it comes in, so please send it to us at email. Current updates include: - Representatives of the big OEMs around the world continue to share news about their corporate social responsibility efforts. Among two recent efforts reported on LinkedIn were thyssenkrupp Elevadores donating 5,000 surgical masks to the emergency department in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and KONE supporting two Belgian organizations, Paviljoen-Schaarbeek and DigitalForYouth.be, which have the goal of getting “every student online to ensure continued education.” - Sean Madden, president and CEO of Louisville, Kentucky-based Madden Elevator Co., is clearing a day each week for virtual meetings to support family, friends, customers, prospects and colleagues. For more information, contact via phone and email. - Industry City, a 34-acre, 16-building complex in Brooklyn, New York, collaborated with Champion Elevator to design a touchless elevator call option adjacent to the existing hall-call buttons, Industry City Executive Director of Property Management Joseph Szabo said on LinkedIn. Tenants will be able to use their security access cards within the cab to access their floors, and preregistered visitors can use their cell phones. Image credit: courtesy of KPF To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn