Japan
Hitachi Develops Touchless Operating Panel for Elevators
Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. recently announced in a press release that they have developed a touchless operating panel establishing an elevator without physical floor buttons. This...
Fujitec Announces EPDs for European Market Lift Products
Japan's Fujitec Co., Ltd., recently announced Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its main European market lift products. EPDs for Fujitec's Rexia (machine-room-less)/Zexia (machine room) and Elsia (high-speed gearless MR) lifts...
Otis API Technology Connects Robots and Elevators in Japan
Otis' Integrated DispatchTM application programming interface (API) technology successfully integrated Nippon Otis elevators via the cloud with AIM Technologies service robots at the Hotel Keihan Universal Tower in Osaka, Japan,...
Tokyo Tower Development Could be Complete by 2026
On June 24, the governor of Tokyo approved the formation of a redevelopment committee for the Toranomon 1 Chome East District project, a 180-m-tall, 29-story primarily office tower in front...
Hitachi Takes Total Holding of Elevator Company Yungtay
Tokyo-based Hitachi has all of the remaining holdings of Yungtay Engineering Co., Ltd., meaning the Taiwan-led company will engage in the manufacture, sale and service of elevators and escalators in...
Work Underway for Tokyo Tower Tameike Sanno
Developers have officially begun construction on Tameike Sanno Tower, a 150-m-tall office building planned near the Tameike Sanno Station in Tokyo, Japan Property Central reports. Under the industrial firms Sekisui...
Multi-Block Project Near Tokyo Shibuya Station
Developers working on Shibuya 2 Chome Project are planning a new, large, multi-service project just east of Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan Property Central reports. Nicknamed the Shibuya Regeneration Project,...
Toshiba Considers US$4-Billion Sale of Elevator Company
Toshiba Corp. is considering the sale of its elevator manufacturing business, and major companies, including global OEMs, are showing interest in taking over the Japan-based lift division, Bloomberg reports. KONE,...
Details Of Mitsubishi Electric’s New Building Systems Subsidiary
Mitsubishi Electric announced the head office and president/representative director for its new Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corp. subsidiary on February 17. They are, respectively, 7-1 Yurakucho 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and...
Another Tall Tower Rising in Tokyo’s Toranomon District
Construction has started on a 38-story, 180-m-tall office tower on a former hospital site in the red-hot Toranomon Redevelopment District of Tokyo, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat...
