Market Trends
A Shining Star in Nairobi
Weak office market fails to prevent an efficient, flexible tower with a Schindler VT system from earning CTBUH award. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recently conferred...
Rwanda Rising
Data is scarce on emerging VT market, but opportunity abounds. Rwanda’s real estate market is growing, triggering demand for vertical-transportation (VT) solutions to serve commercial and residential buildings rising in...
Global Top Ten Elevator Companies
2018 update shows subtle changes in the ranking order, accounting for the instability in industry competition and importance of corporate strategy. translated by Peng Jie, EW Correspondent Elevator Observation —...
Land of Opportunity
Despite challenges, the future looks bright for Ghana’s VT market. Ghana, a former British colony known as Gold Coast until its independence as a nation in 1957, is one of...
Retail Rising
Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest mall aims to stand out in a growing market. The growth of shopping malls in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, is gaining momentum, with the city now hosting the...
Hydraulic Elevators in Europe — The Return
In-depth LCA heralds a turnaround for more reliable technology in surprising applications. High-rise elevators that travel at 15 mps are on the exciting new edge of the elevator industry, but...
Growth Is Back!
Latest market statistics give Italian VT industry reason for cautious optimism. [1] Two years ago, your author wondered if the Italian lift industry would see the light at the end...
Indian Elevator Market on the Fast Track
This article is based on a report titled “The Future of Elevator and Escalator Market in India to 2021” published by Madras Consultancy Group of Chennai, India. The full report...
Global Top Ten Elevator Companies
Elevator Observation — a neutral, China-based performance assessment for elevator and escalator manufacturers in the global market — published the following commentary in September. . . . Editor translated by...
Architecture and Tall Buildings
KPF looks at the bigger picture in its forward-thinking building designs. The Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) design firm is more than 40 years old and based in New York...
