Australia
Schindler Lifts Australia Promotes Montresor to MD
Schindler Lifts Australia has promoted Stefano Montresor to managing director (MD) of Schindler Lifts Australia, where he had a 14-year-long career in various positions. In 2010, Montresor joined the company...
120 New TKE Units Part of New Sydney Metro City Line
TKE announced on October 22 that 190 new vertical-transportation (VT) units are a key part of the newly inaugurated Sydney Metro City Line in Sydney, Australia. The TKE escalators and...
Developer of Brisbane “Urban Forest” Seeks To Go Taller
Developer Aria Property Group has resubmitted its proposal to the City Council for a foliage-covered, 30-story residential tower at 88 Merivale Street in Brisbane, Australia, after being initially approved for...
Otis Australia Chosen For Landmark Modernization Project
Otis Australia has been selected by 101 Collins Street for an elevator modernization project at this iconic landmark in Melbourne's central business district, yahoo finance reports. Otis will modernize 30...
Inglis Retires From Australia’s LESA Executive Committee
John Inglis of Sydney, Australia, lifetime member and past president of the Lift Engineering Society of Australia (LESA), is retiring from LESA's Executive Committee, LESA President John Tibbetts announced. Instrumental...
KONE Digital Experience Available in Australia’s Tallest Building
Australia’s tallest tower has introduced an extraordinary attraction — the KONE Digital Experience Display elevator, Australia’s first-of-its-kind sustainable and immersive elevator experience — through a partnership between KONE and SkyPoint,...
Otis Providing 61 VT Units for Sydney Metro — Western Airport
Otis announced on July 9 it is providing 61 vertical-transportation (VT) units — 40 520NPE heavy-duty public-transit escalators and 21 Gen3TM and Gen2® elevators — for the Sydney Metro —...
Seven-Tower TOD Greenlit in Melbourne’s Box Hill
Through the Fast-Track Program of the Victoria, Australia, government, Vicinity Centres has won approval for a masterplan that includes seven towers ranging from 19 to 50 stories that will deliver...
KONE Acquires Australia’s Orbitz Elevators
KONE will acquire the service business of Gold Coast-headquartered Orbitz Elevators in Australia and all lines of the company’s businesses in New Zealand for an undisclosed sum, Business News Australia...
Escalators at New Brisbane Rail Station Reflect “Incredible Progress”
Installation of several massive escalators that will serve the new underground Cross River Rail Roma Street station in Brisbane, Australia, is part of the "incredible progress" evident as the area...
