Elevator World

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. This week’s news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com COLES TO LEAD EHC'S NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS EHC Global, an Oshawa, Canada-based manufacturer of escalator handrails and other components for the vertical-transportation (VT) industry, has named Jeff Coles managing director of North American Operations, the company recently announced. Coles has some 20 years of management experience in the VT industry, beginning in service sales and business development with Schindler in 1998. From 2003 to 2012, he held several progressive management positions at Schindler and was appointed president of Schindler Canada in 2012. He also served as Schindler’s North American vice president, Modernization. From 2015 to 2018, he was vice president, Central Region, at thyssenkrupp Elevator. Coles, who will report directly to EHC President and CEO Jeno Eppel, holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa and a BA in Political Science from McMaster University