Asia
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...
Work abounds across the region.
Hitachi Elevator Receives Biggest Thailand Order for Airport Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd. received its biggest order to date in Thailand to supply 53 elevators, 83 escalators and 38 moving...
Large projects on the way for Shanghai, Kunming.
KONE Wins 268-Unit Order for Shanghai Metro Line 15 KONE announced in July that it will deliver 268 escalators and elevators to Shanghai’s newest Metro Line 15, which, once completed...
Light rail gets a boost; work wraps up on unique tower.
KONE Delivering 169 Units for Transit Line KONE has won an order to deliver 169 escalators and elevators to the Red Line of Tel Aviv, Israel’s Light Rail Network. The...
Tokyo, Chiba are targets of new tall developments.
Tokyo Plan With 200-m-Tall Mixed-Use Tower Approved A plan to demolish older offices, apartments, houses and temples to make way for a 200-m-tall mixed-use tower on a 1.6-ha site close...
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...
Announcement, update on the two tallest towers for the country
Hyundai Motor Group to Build South Korea’s Tallest A 105-story, 569-m-tall skyscraper that would serve as headquarters for Hyundai Motor Group in the Gangnam District of Seoul could start construction...
Big contracts and plans in Chengdu, Jinan, Shenzhen and Shanghai
KONE to Equip New International Airport KONE announced in April it has won an order to deliver 216 elevators to the Tianfu International Airport in Chengdu. The airport, in the...
Shanghai, Shenzhen see big plans, completions.
Otis Completes One-Of-A-Kind Modernization in Shanghai Otis Elevator (China) Co. Ltd. recently completed the modernization of the elevator system at the 468-m-tall sightseeing attraction Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV and Radio...
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...
