Asia
Ingka Centres and IKEA Plan Major Complex in Delhi NCR
Ingka Centres, part of Ingka Group that includes the IKEA Scandinavian home furnishings chain, plans to build the INR5,500-crore (US$669-million) Lykli Noida mixed-use complex that "represents a new era of...
Hyundai Elevator Turns Away from Chinese Escalator Imports
With K-Escalator, its new joint venture (JV) with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), opening in September in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's Hyundai Elevator is reducing its reliance on escalators and...
Otis Realizes Opportunities Through China VT Renewal
U.S.-based OEM Otis is realizing vast business opportunities through China's vertical-transportation (VT) renewal programs, particularly local governments' plans to modernize more than 40,000 residential elevators that are older than 20...
Elevator Digital Media Forum Held in Vietnam
Marketing trade association MMA Global and Chicilon Media, Vietnam’s leading elevator digital media company, recently convened a forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, themed "Leading New Era of Advertising: Building Elevator Digital...
Singapore’s “Hotel in Nature” Named CTBUH Best Tall Building
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced that Singapore's Pan Pacific Orchard "hotel in nature," served by Schindler elevators, was named the 2024 Best Tall Building Worldwide...
Sri Lanka VT Projects of Hyundai Elevator Agent Highlighted
Noteworthy vertical-transportation (VT) projects in Sri Lanka featuring high-tech, energy-efficient Hyundai Elevator equipment provided by agent Abans Engineering were showcased in September by the Daily Mirror. Served by six high-speed...
India Residential Tower Facing Elevator Issues
Approximately 1,000 people living in the TT block of the 13-floor Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) tenement in Sathiamurthy Nagar, India, have been relying on a single lift...
Celsius Systems Unveils Air-Operated Vacuum Elevators
Celsius Systems, a pioneer in the elevator industry since 2005, has announced the introduction of its latest innovative technology — Air-Operated Vacuum Elevators. As the sole distributor of the Pneumatic...
PPP-Maintained FoBs in Indian City Lack Working Elevators
Bharat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the administrative body responsible for civic amenities in greater Bengaluru, India, has found that many foot overbridges (FOBs) maintained under the public-private partners (PPP) model...
Tashkent Metro Explains High Price of New Escalators
Tashkent Metro in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, has provided answers as to why eight new escalators for three metro stations cost UZS10 billion (US$783,961), or UZS1.3 billion (US$101,914) per escalator, UZ Daily...
