Company behind Motoman industrial robots expects new facility to supply 80% of European demand. Japanese technology group Yaskawa Electric Corp. is preparing to build a robot plant in Slovenia, the aim being to become the leading manufacturer of industrial robots in Europe and provide better service to customers. Yaskawa already has an important position in…
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Companies must embrace Industry 4.0 or risk falling behind the competition. Information technologies are transforming all aspects of our lives. For many people, this may be most noticeable socially, but technology is reshaping production concepts in industry, as well. Today, the world is talking about the Industry 4.0 revolution, which is bringing together information-technology and…
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EW gets an inside look at how KONE is designing an intuitive, smart system for landmark Helsinki development. Northwest of downtown Helsinki in former container-shipping area Kalasatama, an energy simmers. At the heart of it is the REDI Living Lab, located in a four-story former gas-treatment plant built in 1908, adjacent to a microbrewery and…
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Robotics and automation help ECS boost efficiency, expand product lines and improve the customer experience. Elevator Cable Supply Corp. (ECS) embraces automation and robotic technology to improve its manufacturing process and provide better service for its customers. The company has seen many changes since its founding more than five decades ago, and with new ownership…
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In this Readers Platform, editor asks industry to take factory technology into the field. While the world of construction is in constant change, there are many more changes to come that will affect it in the future. Just a short list of the items to consider that could change the way we build: drones, action…
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Elevator innovation was a persistent theme in event’s 15th iteration.
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Third edition of fair brings large response, as 250 brands from Turkey and 10 other countries are displayed at CNREXPO Fair Center in Istanbul. he Eurasia Lift Fair, organized by Istanbul Fuarcılık, ASFED (Elevator Industrialists’ Federation), TASIAD(Turkey Elevator Industrialists and Businessmen Association) and the CNR Holding companies, took place on March 22-25 at the CNREXPO…
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Exiting the race to develop the world’s fastest elevator, Toshiba is focusing on greater capacity to fulfill growing demand from across Asia. Until being surpassed by the high-speed elevators in Shanghai Tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, July 2013), Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems’ two elevators in Taipei 101 had been the world’s fastest elevators in commercial operation,…
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Stockmann’s flagship store in downtown Helsinki, and its KONE VT system, have been welcoming shoppers since 1930. There was a time in the U.S. when large, multistory department stores, such as New Orleans’ D.H. Holmes, were king. Meeting under the D.H. Holmes clock on Canal Street was a tradition. It is here, in fact, where…
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Colley Elevator Co. of Bensenville, Illinois, featured this interesting installation, at 321 South Jefferson Street in Chicago, on its Twitter account. Colley’s Craig Zomchek explained the company encountered it when it recently needed its five-year full-load test. While Colley passed on the job, Zomchek said the unit “works just fine.” Noticing that its controller was…
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