International News
Otis, noteworthy architects involved in Manchester, London projects.
Otis Installing 53 Units in Manchester Airport Otis UK announced in November that it began installing lifts, escalators and moving walks into the new Manchester Airport Terminal 2 extension. The...
Updates on tall developments in Shenzhen, Nanjing and Shanghai
KONE Providing VT for Multitower Shenzhen Project KONE will provide the vertical-transportation (VT) package for Shenzhen Gemdale Center, 48- and 39-story towers connected by a skybridge in Nanshan District High-Tech...
Orbitz Becomes First Hitachi Distributor in Australia
Orbitz Elevators, a fast-growing elevator company on Australia’s Gold Coast, signed a deal with Hitachi to become the Japanese OEM’s first Australian distributor. Orbitz founder and Managing Director Jonathan Dwayre...
More options hit the market, and developments on tall-building projects come to light.
Company Gains Greek Distributor KAPOK 88, a family-owned business based in Nottingham that provides custom and modular padded protective drapes for elevator interiors, announced GNV Automation and Elevator Spare Parts...
Design Unveiled for Mississauga’s Tallest Building
Mississauga, Canada, will soon have a new tallest building, Urban Toronto reported in September, as M3 — an 81-story, 260-m-tall residential tower — is set to begin rising in the...
Tall plans for Dubai, Uzbekistan and Morocco
78-Story Grande Tower Planned in Dubai’s Opera District Emaar Properties and WSP have selected SSH as the architect for the 78-story Grande Tower in Dubai’s Opera District across from Burj...
Major news from OEMs, training and honors
thyssenkrupp to Spin Off Elevators as Part of Split thyssenkrupp announced on September 27 it would split the company into two listed entities — thyssenkrupp Industrials with roughly 90,000 employees...
Plans for big work in the Israeli metropolis
Schindler Israel Awarded Mass-Transit Contract Schindler Israel has been awarded a contract to provide 106 escalators, 61 elevators and 24/7 maintenance to the Red Line, the first main line of...
Dubai Creek Harbour Update
Several sources, including the Khaleej Times, reported that Emaar Properties’ Dubai Creek Harbour will start welcoming its first residents early next year, with the first homes to be delivered in...
Africa to Build Tall
Record-setting Cairo building, coastal Kenya skyscraper are in the works. Hadid-Designed Nile Tower in Cairo Would Be Continent’s Tallest Developer Living in Interiors wants to build Nile Tower, a 70-story...
