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20 TKE Elevators for World’s Tallest Hotel in Dubai
TK Elevator (TKE) announced it provided 20 elevators, 15 of which are high speed, to Ciel, a 365-m-tall, 82-story tower designed by NORR Group that will become the tallest hotel...
AKE, Del Bo Provide 12 Escalators for Naples Underground Metro
AKE Aufzüge & Fahrtreppen, headquartered in Baesweiler, Germany, and the Naples office of Italy's Ascensori Del Bo are partnering to provide 12 escalators to the Naples underground metro system. Scheduled...
First Graduating Class of Sri Lanka Elevator Training Center Celebrated
With Sri Lanka's first elevator training center opening in April 2022, the first group to complete the Diploma in Elevator Training, which was formed by Aitken Spence Elevators (Pvt.) Ltd....
Ad Rail USA Awarded GBAC Star for Escalator Germ Prevention
Ad Rail USATM announced on February 14 it has been awarded the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) STARTM Registered Seal for its Safe 2 Touch program addressing escalator safety and...
BIG Unveils Skyscrapers to Join Shenzhen “Green Belt” Development
Danish architecture studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, Dezeen reports. The two towers will be comprised of leaning volumes built on either...
Plans Submitted for Tower to Join Leeds Tower Cluster
U.K.-based Glenn Howells Architects has submitted plans to add a 45-story hexagonal tower to an emerging cluster of tall buildings in central Leeds, U.K., Building Design reports. The Wellington Square...
China State Construction Wins DAMAC Cavalli Tower Contract
DAMAC Properties has awarded China State Construction Engineering Corp. with the US$241-million main works construction contract for the Cavalli Tower, Construction Week Middle East reports. The 71-story tower, located in...
Ohio-Based Company Introduces Industrial Lubrication Guide
Renewable Lubricants, headquartered in Hartville, Ohio, recently published its Industrial Lubrication Guide, detailing the company's extensive line of bio-based lubricants, hydraulic fluids, gear oils and much more. With more than...
Hyundai Elevator Reports Interest in Open API
Hyundai Elevator has announced that it has more than 60 participants in its open application programming interface (open API) just one year after the company disclosed the interface to the...
Fatality Reported in India Elevator Accident
A 15-year-old boy died on February 12 after being trapped in an elevator shaft at a factory in Delhi, India, India Today was among outlets to report. According to reports,...
