We can banish the primeval fear of being stuck in a lift thanks to the amazing way the Otis Elevator Company’s lifts coped with the Japan earthquake. We will look at investor sentiment in quoted elevator manufactures including United Technologies (NYSE:UTX), Kone (HEL:KNEBV), Yungtay Engineering (TPE:1507), Monte Ascensori (BIT:MSA). Coinciding with the launch of the iPad 2 we also look at companies whose semi-conductor wafer products have been delayed because of the earthquake, to see if investors are nervous about their near-term prospects, namely Shin Etsu Chemical (TYO:4063) and MEMC Electronics (NYSE:WFR).dataexplorers.com/​news-and-analysis/​lift-of f