News
A new association and pandemic-response technology for Chennai metro and Hyderabad airport join metro work.
Industry Association EECMAI Launches The Elevator & Escalator Component Manufacturers Association of India (EECMAI) registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on September 10, 2020. Members met virtually on September...
Schindler, thyssenkrupp and KONE are among newsmakers from around the region.
Schindler to Provide 74 Escalators for Riyadh Airport Schindler has won a contract to supply 74 escalators for a modernization project at Terminals 1, 2 and the Royal Terminal of...
Journal Reports on Coronavirus/Elevators Study
The professional journal Indoor Air published a report in September detailing an investigation into how long aerosol droplets of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 persist in hospital elevators and offered...
Strong Hitachi and KONE presence manifests in large contracts.
Hitachi VT Bids to Provide 250 Elevators for Nine Projects Won Hitachi Elevator (China) has won bids to provide 250 elevators and related services for nine projects with the Shum...
Otis in La Défense, Paris
Double-Deck Elevators for Alto Tower Otis’ first SkyRise® double-deck elevators in France are part of a vertical-transportation (VT) system serving the new 150-m-tall Alto Tower, a 38-story office tower developed...
Major transition, award and partnership are detailed.
Otis Names Calleja President of EMEA Operations Otis has named Bernardo Calleja president, Otis Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA), the company announced in November 2020. Calleja has been interim...
Tower construction across New Jersey city generates work for OEMs and continues to transform skyline.
Residential Tower Served by Otis System Tops Out Construction on 180 Morgan Street, a 41-story, 482-unit residential tower (ELEVATOR WORLD, September 2019), topped out in November 2020, New York YIMBY...
Otis provides VT for one of city’s tallest, and towers are in various stages of planning and construction.
Otis VT System for Renamed Tower Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it installed 22 vertical-transportation (VT) units at the recently opened — and recently renamed — St. Regis Chicago, which, at...
Mergers, acquisitions and investments
Premier Merges With Oracle to Create Service Giant Premier Elevator, an Atlanta-based company that bills itself as a leading independent alternative to the large OEMs, has agreed to merge with...
High-Rise Tower to Anchor Newpark Dallas “Smart District”
A development partnership of Hoque Global and Lanoha Real Estate Co. plans to begin construction in 2021 on One Newpark, a 38-story tower that will be the tallest building on...
