India
Major contracts let in Kuwait, Azerbaijan, the U.A.E. and India.
Otis to Supply 190 Units for Kuwait Airport’s New Terminal Otis Kuwait has been awarded a contract to supply 190 elevators for the new Passenger Terminal 2 at Kuwait International...
Contracts and initiatives abound in region on the rebound.
More Than 500 Elevators for Azerbaijan Capital The Lift Repair Production Association in Azerbaijan, a Middle Eastern country that borders Armenia, signed a contract with German company Wittur Holding GmbH...
Schindler gets a new leader; Otis and Hitachi win contracts.
Ramachandran Named President of Schindler India, South Asia Ashok Ramachandran has been named president of Schindler India and South Asia, filling the role most recently held by Uday Kulkarni, who...
Elevator showroom opens; Mumbai residential tower to get a twin.
Elite, thyssenkrupp Welcome First-of-Its- Kind Showroom Chennai-based Elite Elevators, in partnership with thyssenkrupp, inaugurated its first Home Elevator Experience Center showroom in the Prestige Meridian tower in Bengaluru, India, on...
Partnership Struck for IEE Expo 2020; E2 Forum Coming to India
Messe Frankfurt India Pvt. Ltd. has entered into a strategic partnership with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India-Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (CREDAI-MCHI) for the International Elevator...
VT units for big projects in Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi
Johnson Lifts/SJEC Supplying 205 Escalators to MMRC Stations Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC) has awarded a contract to Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. India and M/s SJEC Corp. China Consortium to...
Progress made on supertall buildings in Noida, Colombo.
One of India’s Tallest Towers Looks Toward Completion At 300 m tall and 80 stories, Spira will become one of the tallest towers in India, and developer Supertech Ltd. expects...
Railway units on the way; 81-story building elevator contract let.
214 Escalators Planned for India’s CR DNA India reported in April that India’s Central Railways’ (CR) suburban section will soon have fully functional escalators at every station, in accordance with...
Otis’ plans revealed; construction on rail stations underway.
Otis CEO Interviewed In an interview with Judy Marks, named CEO of Otis in October 2017 (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2017), The Hindu gave insight into her desire to instill startup...
India Investing Big in Rail Station Vertical Transportation
With the aim of providing better amenities, the Indian Railway Ministry will make a budget provision of INR34 billion (US$532.4 million) to install about 3,000 escalators and 1,000 elevators at...
