International News
Condo Tower Points to Edmonton Economy’s Strength
The Encore Tower, a 43-story condominium building near Edmonton, Canada’s Ice District (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2016), is under construction and expected to be complete in fall 2019, reflecting what developer...
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....
Test tower completion, expansions and partnership
AMEC Thailand Test Tower Now Operational Mitsubishi Elevator Asia Co. Ltd. (AMEC) has completed its 68.3-m-tall, 287-m2 test tower in Chonburi Province, Thailand, complementing its R&D and production capabilities there...
Nairobi, Cape Town see large projects.
thyssenkrupp, Partners Supply Nairobi Hotel, Market Joining forces with strategic distribution partners, thyssenkrupp supplied 35 units to the Greenhill Hotel and Village Market in Nairobi, Kenya, which thyssenkrupp describes as...
Subway upgrades and tower updates
Renold to Provide Escalator Drives to Busy Tube Station Renold Plc, headquartered in Manchester, U.K., has been awarded a contract to supply seven bespoke escalator drive packages to the London...
Hitachi, thyssenkrupp look to the future of growing markets.
Hitachi: Thailand Training Center, Cambodia Joint Venture Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. have opened their Asia Training Center, a facility that includes classroom, virtual and hands-on training,...
Hires, repositionings take place around the world.
Ridder: New Position with thyssenkrupp Michael Ridder, former head of Media Relations at thyssenkrupp Elevator, has stepped into a new role with the company, joining thyssenkrupp’s Materials Services team. In...
“Show-Stopping” Office Tower Rising Outside Paris
What is being described by anchor tenant Saint-Gobain as a “show-stopping” 39-story, 178-m-tall office tower, designed by Valode & Pistre Architects, is rising just west of the Paris city limits...
Singapore Moves to Address Manpower Shortage
Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is addressing the need to hire 1,000 new vertical-transportation technicians in the next three years by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with industry...
thyssenkrupp Wins Italy Metro Station Maintenance Contracts
thyssenkrupp has been selected by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi and Azienda Napoletana Mobilita (ANM) to maintain 585 units in metro stations in Milan and Naples, Italy, respectively. The multiyear contracts cover...
