When thyssenkrupp announced it had won a major maintenance contract from Azienda Napoletana Mobilita (ANM) in Naples, Italy (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2017), it shared photographs of some of the units the contract covers, including this one in the Toledo Station on Line 1. Here, escalators become part of a public environment that is more art…
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A Middle East debut, long-lasting light sources, mobile-connectivity, VR and Industry 4.0 capabilities highlight offerings. Otis Products Debut in Middle East Otis introduced the connected Gen2® Life elevator and expanded its SkyRise® product family in the Middle East with an event for customers in Dubai. One of its bestselling elevators ever, Otis’ Gen2 is built…
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Company’s Highest-Ever Escalators for Baku Metro thyssenkrupp has won an order to supply 25 escalators to the Baku Metro in Baku, Azerbaijan. The order includes the highest escalators ever produced in Germany, with a 48.7-m rise. Describing the order as a confirmation of its new distributor’s network strategy, thyssenkrupp noted the escalators — eight high-rise…
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“Iconic” Edmonton Tower Would Be Western Canada’s Tallest The city council in Edmonton has approved rezoning of property in The Quarters next to the Shaw Conference Centre downtown to make way for a massive mixed-use development that would include an 80-story tower, the tallest in Western Canada, SkyRise Cities reported. Alldritt Land Corp. is the…
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Eight Saudi Projects KONE has announced winning an order to supply 153 elevators in eight different projects commissioned by Alargan Projects in Saudi Arabia. The order was booked in the third quarter of 2016 and includes projects in Dammam, Yanbu, Riyadh and Al Jubail. Among them are Al Suhool Strip Mall, Al Rehab Strip Mall,…
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Suites Málaga Port was endorsed by the city council in September 2016, but, more recently, those opposing the proposed 443-ft.-tall tower in Málaga, Spain, have made their voices heard. Their complaints are its potential “unsustainability and visual and environmental impact,” according to G3 Newswire. The initial endorsement was only for the 35-story hotel, but a…
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A 168-m-tall tower with 46 above-ground stories is planned by J&T Real Estate on the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia, The Slovak Spectator reported. Part of an expansion of the Eurovea mixed-use development, it would be the nation’s first skyscraper. Eurovea 2 would have a total of six structures housing additional retail, residential, parking, public…
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AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH, organizer of Interlift, planned in Augsburg, Germany, on October 17-20, predict this year’s event will be the largest ever, with approximately 600 exhibitors. This represents a 10% increase from 2015. By May, 430 exhibitors had registered from more than 40 countries. Big topics this year include new International Organization for…
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Southern Hemisphere’s Tallest Planned A 108-story mixed-use tower, which would be the tallest in the Southern Hemisphere, is part of the Imperial Square development planned in Southport by Azzura Corp., The Urban Developer reported. Taller than the 103-story Empire State Building in New York City, the structure would contain a university, 2,200 residential units, a…
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Orona Announces Acquisition, Projects at AGM Hernani, Spain-based manufacturer Orona announced the approval of its 2016 financial statements and other items at its annual general meeting (AGM) in March. It also stated it had recently acquired Myhre Heis AS, an Oslo, Norway-based company with 38 years of experience in the industry. With its 33rd subsidiary,…
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