International News
Tall projects from Norway to Gibraltar
CLTElevator Shafts Part of World’s Tallest Timber Tower Cross-laminated timber (CLT) elevator shafts are part of Mjøstårnet, a mixed-use tower in Brumunddal, Norway, that the Council on Tall Buildings and...
Updates from Vancouver, Toronto
KONE Providing VT System for “Living Sculpture” in Vancouver KONE has been selected to provide the vertical-transportation (VT) system for a 25-story o–ce tower at 400 West Georgia Street in...
A factory purchase and new training center make headlines.
Canadian Manufacturer Buys Factory From Spain’s Torgar Quebec, Canada-based equipment supplier Fraco Products Ltd. has acquired the factory of Zaragoza, Spain-based Torgar, a Spanish company that has manufactured elevator equipment...
OEMs announce important wins.
KONE 401 Units for Singapore MRT System KONE has won an order to supply 218 elevators and 183 escalators to stages four and five of the Thomson-East Coast Line of...
Rotterdam Blitz Survivor to Be Reborn With Tower
The former Rotterdam post office in the Coolsingel District of Rotterdam, Netherlands, is set to be reborn as a mixed-use development incorporating a 150-m-tall, 43-story hotel tower, dezeen reported. Built...
Changes in Sri Lanka Underway Following Incidents
Sri Lankan Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake said in February he planned to introduce a law requiring all the country’s elevators to be registered and regulated, the Daily Mirror reported. The move...
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...
High-profile projects progress.
High-Rise Complex Underway in Tokyo Blue Style reported on details of Bunkyo Gardens, part of the under-construction Kasuga/Korakuen station project in Tokyo. It includes four buildings: Park Court Bunkyo Koishikawa...
Big contracts and plans announced for locales around the country.
Otis UK Wins Maintenance for 340 Units at Gatwick Airport Gatwick in West Sussex has appointed Otis UK the service provider for 340 elevators, escalators and moving walks in the...
Activity is picking up in hotspots across the region.
Clam-Shaped Supertall as Centerpiece of Dubai Project Burj Jumeriah, a 550-m-tall oval tower that brings to mind the razor-clam-shaped Pertamina Energy Tower in Jakarta (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2015), is planned...
