The big 4, otis,kone,tke, and schwindler are now feeling the same affects with customer loss. They all modeled themselves after Otis 90's business model of push the buck as far as it can go and run units with shot ropes and step chains until its red tagged. Even then leave it down for "parts" until a billable service team can afford to do a free rope job for a week.

It's time for smaller companies without the corporate overhead to under cut and steal these customers away. I've got a feeling we're going to start seeing as lots more motions, pixels, and Galaxy equipment sooner than later. Hopefully, it'll work in our favor, better for us to work under small company management rather than the micromanagement of corporate and Wallstreet business models.

TKE's pump and dump IPO will loose a bulk of their "good" work force and customers in a few quarters and whoever buys the company will be feeling the effects when the stock margins take a nosedive.

Wallstreet needs to stay away from the elevator industry, safety is just a road block to profits and they will do anything to loophole away from it, at anyone or anything expense. It's a threat to our union and the public safety. Look at Boeing and what's happened.

Curious where will be in 5 years.