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TKE thyssenkrupp Elevator Now TK Elevator With Global Brand TKE thyssenkrupp Elevator is now TK Elevator with global brand TKE, the company announced in February. The new name and logo...
Elevators in İstanbul Through the Eyes of an Architect
With its population of 16 million, Istanbul is a Turkish city that intensely uses its vertical and horizontal transportation systems. According to the demographic data, the active population of the...
Hitachi Elevator, KONE add more than 260 units in Shanghai, Chengdu.
Hitachi Elevator Providing 201 Units to Shanghai Metro Hitachi Elevator’s EX-BPG escalators were used; photo courtesy of Hitachi. Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. is providing 201 elevators and escalators to...
Transit accessibility upgrades and mixed-use towers
CTA Plans to Make Over Stations The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is set to undertake complete makeovers, including elevators and escalators, of four Red Line stations on the city’s North...
66.7 Billion Dollars of Export from Istanbul Based Companies to 238 Destinations
Istanbul based companies took the lion’s share from Turkey’s 169.5 billion dollars of export of last year, which totaled 39.3%. Based on the data obtained from Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM),...
OEM and tower activity in San Francisco and beyond
Mitsubishi Electric US Opens New Office in San Francisco Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., which produces, installs and repairs elevators and escalators, is opening an office in downtown San Francisco, its...
Turkey’s First Elevator Comes To Life Again
In the late 19th century, long-distance rail travel could be a difficult and uncomfortable undertaking, with unpleasant seating in dirty passenger cars. It was against this backdrop that Belgian businessman...
New York YIMBY: Supertalls among skyscrapers on the drawing boards or marking milestones.
Supertalls Part of Cuomo-Backed ESD Plan Around Penn Station Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the board of directors of Empire State Development (ESD) has adopted a general plan for high-density redevelopment...
Our Elevator Industry is Ready for the Global Market
The novel coronavirus, which spread to the whole world after a soup drunk in China, again proved that the world is a global village. Population movements between the countries and...
A major transit contract and a new suburban apartment tower
130 WMATA Metro Escalators to Be Modernized by KONE KONE has won an order to modernize 130 escalators at 32 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro stations in the...
