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Acquisitions and contracts
Otis Tapped for 200-Plus-Unit Project in Las Vegas Malaysia’s Genting Group, owner of Resorts World Las Vegas, has hired Otis to provide more than 200 units for its new US$4-...
CANopen Lift Plugfest and SIG Meeting
CAN in Automation (CiA) members met on March 13-14 in Nuremburg, Germany, to discuss the CiA 417 application profile and test their CANopen Lift products on interoperability. CiA reports CiA...
Statistics, orders and tall-building progress
Source: China Has Capacity to Supply the World In the 40 years since China opened its economy to the world, global elevator companies have rushed in, transforming the country from...
ZHA’s “Masterpiece” With Otis Atrium Elevators Debuts in Macau
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) celebrated the opening of the 40-story Morpheus hotel in Macau (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2014) on June 15. Part of the City of Dreams resort, the structure...
France, U.K. and China round out locations of recent wins.
171-Unit Contract for French Railway Otis France has been awarded a contract by SNCF French Rail to install 171 escalators and moving walks for northern France. Seventy-five Otis escalators will...
U.K. trade publication changes hands, KONE honored, and partnership made in Moscow.
Elevator World Acquires U.K. Magazine Elevation Elevator World, Inc. has acquired the U.K.-based magazine Elevation. Launched by industry veteran Ish Buckingham as a quarterly publication in 1994, Elevation specifically targets...
Construction, elevator industries boom across the Great White North.
Tall Towers for Downtown Toronto Dream Office REIT is seeking permission from the City of Toronto to replace an eight-story office building at 250 Dundas Street downtown with a 52-story...
ASME Meets, Approves Communication System Proposal
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) held elevator code meetings on May 14-17 in Palm Springs, California. The ASME A17 Standards committee and several other committees met to continue...
Washington, Oregon seeing activity.
Plans Foresee New Tallest Tower for Spokane, Washington Plans for a 31-story mixed-use tower in Spokane, Washington, have been filed with city officials, The Spokesman-Review reported in May. The 354-ft.-tall...
Appointments at EFESME, Alimak, thyssenkrupp Elevator and VFA
Bezzi Named EFESME President Bezzi The European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) has appointed a new board of directors. Massimo Bezzi was unanimously appointed president. Bezzi has...
