South Korea
TKE Korea Wins Red Dot Award for Elevator Cleaning Concept
TK Elevator (TKE) Korea won a prestigious Red Dot Design Award 2024 in the Autonomous category for its "Intelligent Elevator Cleaning System" concept, TKE announced on July 23. Utilizing AI,...
Wheelchair Lifts To Be Removed in Seoul, Elevators Coming
Seoul Metro, an operator of the city's subway service from Line Nos. 1 to 8, will remove 23 wheelchair lifts in 17 subway stations with a plan to install elevators...
Hyundai Elevator Developing Vertiport for UAM
Hyundai Elevator has announced it will start developing “Vertiport,” one of its key projects for the commercialization of urban air traffic (UAM), BusinessKorea reports. Vertiport is a takeoff and landing...
Architect’s Cheongdoam Tower Design Chosen in Competition
J. Mayer H. Architects has won the Seoul City Urban/Architecture Creation/Innovation Design Project contest for its “Cheongdoam Tower” design in Seoul, South Korea, Arch Daily reports. The design was chosen...
Hyundai Elevator Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Hyundai Elevator, South Korea’s largest elevator manufacturer, celebrated its 40th anniversary on May 22, The Korea Herald reports. The event was attended by more than 600 executives and employees, including...
USACE Hosts Event in Seoul To Present Updated Elevator Specs Incorporating Korean Code
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on May 3 hosted Elevator Industry Day in Seoul to present updated elevator design specifications that incorporate South Korean code, opening the door...
Hyundai Elevator Sings MOU With Saudi Arabia
On May 3, Hyundai Elevator signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Cultural Affairs Department of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to exchange human resources (HR)...
Hyundai/Kia Delivery Robot Interfaces With Elevators and Door-Control Systems
Hyundai and Kia Robotics Lab have unveiled the DAL-e Delivery robot, geared toward indoor food/beverage and parcel delivery and set to debut in the second quarter of this year at...
South Korea’s Sigma Elevator Launches New Elevators for Low- to Mid-Rise Buildings
Sigma Elevator Co., with global headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, announced on March 6 the launch of the ACRATM 2.0 and Solon® 2.0 elevators for low- to mid-rise buildings. ACRA...
Study: Needs Should Determine VT Distribution at South Korea Subway Stations
A study of equitable distribution of vertical-transportation (VT) equipment — elevators, wheelchair lifts and escalators — at subway stations in South Korea concluded that the type and amount of VT...
