Hong Kong local authority taps Anlev to replace world’s longest covered escalator system, a main transportation artery and attraction in itself. Traversing a hillside between Hong Kong Island’s Central and Western districts, the Mid-Level Escalator Link (MLEL) is a remarkable sight that offers a one-of-a-kind experience. Thousands of residents use it every day, and, since…
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First evacuation lift in the Netherlands complying with prEN 81-76 inst The Van der Valk hotel chain regularly opens new locations throughout the Netherlands. They believe that should a calamity in one of them occur, evacuation must be done quickly via the lifts. Its new hotel in Utrecht (opened in April) is one example where…
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Spirits were high, the weather perfect for a gathering focused on “keeping kids safe.” photos by Melissa Aponte and Angela C. Baldwin The International Association of Elevator Consultants New York Region (IAEC-NY) celebrated its 24th annual fundraiser to benefit the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation (EESF) on August 24 at the Dream Downtown’s PHD Rooftop Lounge…
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Artists use humble conveyance to portray a range of emotions, from confining to liberating. At the 2017 Whitney Biennial at New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art, possibly the most prestigious exhibit of new art in America, curators hung Dana Schutz’s “Elevator” across from the freight elevator. Schutz intentionally framed the canvas of “Elevator”…
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ELEVATOR WORLD China Correspondent Peng Jie loves traveling around his country seeing its stunning natural beauty and amazing historical sites. Recently, he took a long drive to the famous Old Town of Lijiang in Lijiang City, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage site in southwest Yunnan Province. Overlooking Old Town, which…
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Hydraulic Cylinder Jack App Texacone has developed Texacone On-Site, a free app to help identify hydraulic cylinder jacks. Choose the cylinder head from a library of pictures by interactively selecting features, then match the plunger size for the correct packing set. Equipment modernizations typically include the power units and controllers, leaving the existing hydraulic jack…
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Dinacell Electrónica S.L., headquartered in Madrid, is introducing force-measurement tools designed to work with new-generation (NG) devices. The company began in 1994 with several load-cell products with applications in industries, including vertical transportation, cranes, silos, automotive manufacturing and cargo handling. Its products meet ESD and IPC® requirements. At Interlift, Dinacell is showcasing its terminal fixed-point…
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Otis has signed a contract with The KaDeWe Group to maintain approximately 180 installations at KaDeWe in Berlin, Oberpollinger in Munich and Alsterhaus in Hamburg, all department stores owned by KaDeWe in Germany. Units to be maintained are 44 elevators, 124 escalators and one platform lift. Jans Wein, construction manager at KaDeWe, stated: “Otis has…
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Construction is underway on The Warsaw Hub, two 130-m-tall and one 85-m-tall towers atop a base, described by developer Ghelamco as a high-tech business center in the heart of the Polish capital, akin to its previous project, Warsaw Spire (ELEVATOR WORLD, March 2016). For the first time in Poland, Microsoft’s HoloLens technology (EW, November 2016)…
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Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv, Israel, have record-breaking towers in the works, including a 111-floor, 444-m-tall office building in Ramat Gan near the Diamond Exchange that will be the tallest in Israel, Globes reported, crediting Yediot Ahronot. Designed by Israeli architect Avner Yashar, the Ramat Gan plan includes a 77-floor high rise, with the buildings…
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