96 thyssenkrupp Units for India’s Largest Convention Center Fifty-three elevators, 39 escalators and four moving walks will be provided by thyssenkrupp Elevator India to the India International Convention & Expo Centre (IICC), to be the country’s largest convention and exhibition space upon its completion in mid-2021, India Education Diary reported in July. IICC is being…
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Hitachi Supplying 300-Plus Units for Metros Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. won bids to supply more than 300 units of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment for two metro expansions, the company announced in June. In the first contract, the company will supply 152 escalators and an unspecified number of elevators for the first phase of Guangzhou Metro…
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Prysmian Group to Acquire EHC Global Prysmian Group announced on July 22 it will acquire 100% of EHC Global, “a complementary add-on to Prysmian’s Draka` Elevator business.” Draka offers more than 7,000 components for the vertical-transportation (VT) industry and generated more than EUR250 million (US$289.3 million) in revenue in 2019. Draka products can be found…
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Q2 Building Permits Skewed Heavily Toward Residential Despite the social and economic upheaval brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the second quarter (Q2) of 2020 saw continued growth in the NYC housing-construction market, New York YIMBY reported in July. During this April-June period, 476 new building permits were filed, accounting for 9,309 residential units. Though…
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Standard Elevator Systems Is Torin’s New U.S. Brand Torin Drive International LLC, based in Memphis, Tennessee, announced its new U.S.-registered brand — Standard Elevator Systems — on July 1. The company said it adopted the brand to reflect extended product offerings. There will be no changes in staff, prices and services. The legal entity remains…
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Brandt Named Otis VP, Western Region Otis has named Julie Brandt vice president (VP), U.S. Western Region. Most recently vice president and chief transformation officer, she succeeds and reports to Jim Cramer, Otis Americas president (ELEVATOR WORLD, August 2020). In her new role, Brandt is based in Chicago. Starting her career with Otis nearly 25…
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by Ricia Sturgeon-Hendrick This should be called “the summer of our discontent.” You’ve heard the quote, “Men plan, and God laughs.” That seems to describe the last four months — our plans are in constant revision. We have plenty to talk about in this issue, but it is not exactly what we first intended discussing.…
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Otis India’s recent initiatives to manage new challenges are discussed.
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An expert discusses the effects of COVID-19 on the real estate and VT industries.
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Omega is a pioneer in non-contact elevator calls and advocates for the “Make in India” initiative.
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