China

Major Otis Contracts in China and Hong Kong SAR

Otis President, CEO and Chair Judy Marks announced during a January 31 earnings call that the company is handling a new-equipment contract in Chongqing, China, and a modernization contract in...

China Evergrande Ordered To Liquidate by Hong Kong Court

China Evergrande, the Chinese real estate developer that has become a symbol of what has been described as an unprecedented debt crisis in China, has been ordered by a Hong...

MVRDV Wins China Software Park Design Competition

Rotterdam, Netherland-based architecture and urban design practice MVRDV has won the competition to design two structures within the Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, China, ArchDaily reports. One of the structures...

KONE Expects Stable or Slightly Higher Sales This Year

KONE expects 2024 sales to remain stable or grow slightly in 2024 as weak consumer sentiment continues to hinder sales in China — representing about a third of the company's...

Winning Design for Tencent’s New Global HQ in China

Büro Ole Scheeren has won an international competition for the design of Tencent’s new global headquarters (HQ) in Shenzhen, China, Arch Daily reports. The new structure, occupying a 14-ha site,...

Japan’s Fujitec Strategizes To Improve 2024 Profitability

Japan's Fujitec Co., Ltd. said it aims to improve profitability for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, through "sales strategies tailored to [individual] market characteristics and cost reforms based...

Global IoT Elevator Market Expected To Continue To Grow

Fact.MR forecasts the global Internet of Things (IoT) elevator market is set to reach US$93.9 billion by the end of 2022-2032 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.4%....

Ziehl-Abegg Appoints Mayer New CTO

The supervisory board of Künzelsau, Germany-based Ziehl-Abegg SE has appointed Wolfgang Mayer as the company's new chief technology officer (CTO). Joining the global electric motor specialist from Kuka Robotics, Mayer's...

KONE Providing 51 Elevators and More to New Development in Hangzhou

KONE has been tapped to provide a range of People Flow® solutions, including 51 MiniSpaceTM and 12 MonoSpace® elevators, to Zhejiang University Alumni Headquarters Economic Park in Hangzhou, East China,...

Schmidt Elevator Expands Presence, To Sign Agreement

Chongqing, China’s Schmidt Elevator Co., Ltd. has been actively expanding its domestic and international market presence this year, according to Yang Guang, vice president of Schmidt Elevator (Chongqing), iChongqing reports....

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada

One of the new elevators; image courtesy of MTA

Modern Elevator Provides Two ADA Units for Brooklyn Station

AZERBAIJANI-CHINESE VT FACTORY TO LAUNCH IN AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijani-Chinese VT Factory in Azerbaijan

Elevators were installed in wooden shafts using a certified, high-efficiency assembly method; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Provides 32 Elevators for New Berlin Schools

Biodiverse plan for 1 Silk Street; image courtesy of SOM

1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan