Southeast Asia

Otis Opens Southeast Asia Training Center in Bangkok

Otis announced on August 22 the opening of its new Southeast Asia training center for elevators and escalators in Bangkok. The center includes an area showcasing Otis Gen2® elevators, LinkTM...

Toshiba Announces Name Change for Two Malaysia Subsidiaries

Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp. (TELC), a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., announced in a press release name changes for its two subsidiaries in Malaysia, Yahoo reports. MS Elevators Engineering...

Otis 231-Escalator Refurbishment First for SMRT in 35 Years

Otis announced on August 2 completion of a project to refurbish 231 escalators across 42 stations on the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) North-South and East-West (NSEW) railway lines, the...

Updates on work from Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur

Hitachi Wins 300-Elevator Order for Singapore’s HDB Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. has won a long-term contract to supply, deliver and install 300 elevators for the Housing & Development Board...

Activity in Nanjing and Shanghai, and efforts to lessen the possibility of coronavirus transmission

KONE to Supply 36 Elevators for Nanjing Supertall KONE has won an order to provide 36 elevators featuring its UltraRope® carbon-fiber ropes for a supertall development in Nanjing, the company...

Vietnam and the Philippines see investments in tall buildings

Vietnam and the Philippines see investments in tall buildings, while Mitsubishi Electric gears up for more work in Manila, Cebu and Iloilo. 44-Story Apartment Tower and More Planned in Hanoi...

Promise abounds in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Hitachi Growing in, Bullish on Cambodia Hitachi Elevator Cambodia Co. (ELEVATOR WORLD, May 2017) — a joint venture of Japan’s Hitachi, Thailand’s Siam- Hitachi Elevator Co. and Cambodia’s CMED Group...

Important developments in Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand

KONE Wins Order for Singapore’s Central Boulevard Towers KONE has won an order to deliver 47 elevators and escalators to Central Boulevard Towers, a mixed-use development in Singapore, the company...

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...

Projects, personnel moves and steps toward safer riding

KONE Providing Solutions for Jakarta’s Indonesia1 KONE has been selected to provide 76 elevators and escalators to Indonesia1, a pair of 58-story, 278-m-tall mixed-used towers taking shape in Jakarta, Indonesia....

CECA OFFERS UPDATE ON COLLEGIATE ELEVATOR PROGRAMS

CECA Offers Update on Collegiate Elevator Programs

205 Cabrini Boulevard in Washington Heights, Manhattan; image courtesy of NYC Housing Connect

KONE Elevator For New Manhattan Residential Building

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Greece Minister Urges Citizens To Complete Elevator Registry

Shorts announced a partnership with Metron; image courtesy of Shorts.

Shorts Announces Partnership With Metron

Looking up at 432 Park Avenue; photo by GrissJr for Wikipedia

Problems Mount for Pencil-Thin Supertall 432 Park Avenue