TK Elevator

TKE Supplies Voice/Gesture Controlled Elevators for Chinese Airport

TK Elevator (TKE) is expanding its portfolio of safe and convenient mobility services for passengers and airport visitors in China with more than 100 elevators customized with voice and gesture...

Florida A17.3-2015 Code to Include Elevator Door Lock Monitoring

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) recently updated Florida A17.3-2015 building code to retroactively include requirement 3.10.12, which states that the condition and position of elevator cab door locks...

 Transitions At The Top For TKE Canada

Former TK Elevator (TKE) Canada CEO Blain Coupal has been promoted to executive vice president, field, North America, and 25-year industry veteran Gary Medeiros is new CEO in Canada, TKE...

A partnership and an honor

Collaboration With Georgia Tech BAC thyssenkrupp Elevator has partnered with the Business Analytics Center (BAC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business in Atlanta to “apply business...

“A Beacon of Engineering Excellence”

thyssenkrupp Elevator’s new North American HQ, including the tallest test tower in the Western Hemisphere, closes in on completion near Atlanta. by Kaija Wilkinson photos by Ron Acord for thyssenkrupp...

Contracts and tall plans for Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Shanghai

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...

OEM redesigns test tower, lands stadium contract.

Test Tower Design Streamlined thyssenkrupp has chosen a new, simpler-looking design for the 420-ft-tall test tower it plans to build in metropolitan Atlanta, Curbed Atlanta reported in September. The company’s...

thyssenkrupp in the South

OEM announces milestone, acquisition. First TWIN System in North America Debuts The 21-story, mixed-use Coda Building (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2016), featuring the first North American installation of thyssenkrupp’s TWIN elevator...

OEMs announce important wins.

KONE 401 Units for Singapore MRT System KONE has won an order to supply 218 elevators and 183 escalators to stages four and five of the Thomson-East Coast Line of...

Tenders let for all kinds of industry equipment around the world.

thyssenkrupp Largest Order to Date in Bahrain Sixteen thyssenkrupp elevators and two escalators were installed in the 200-m-tall United Tower in Manama, Bahrain, representing the company’s largest order to date...

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Construction of Tallest Building in Sub-Saharan Africa Restarted

Deyaar's Downtown Residences; image courtesy of Deyaar

Deyaar Unveils Dubai Downtown Residences Project

The wooden escalator; image © TfL

Last Wooden Escalator in London Underground to be Replaced by Elevator

North America, which requires larger elevators, has some of the most expensive elevator costs in the world, according to the Saanich Council; photo by Martin Pechy via Wikimedia Commons.

Saanich Calls for British Columbia to Allow Smaller Elevators

3rd Avenue-149th street Station; image courtesy of LiftComm

LiftComm Enhances NYC MTA Station Elevator Safety, Security