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New facility on the way, test tower opens, designs released, and opportunities arise.
Hyundai Breaks Ground for New Shanghai Plant South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator Co. has broken ground for a new plant in Shanghai (ELEVATOR WORLD, April 2017) that company officials said will...
thyssenkrupp and Partner Outfit Pakistan Mall
thyssenkrupp and strategic partner Global Business Bridge Ltd. have installed 32 elevators and 28 escalators at Pakistan’s second-largest shopping center, Emporium Mall in Lahore. Covering 250,000 m2, the complex includes...
Ontario Passes Elevator Reliability Act
Saying that “stronger measures will give consumers more control over credit information and reduce elevator outages,” the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services posted on May 3 that the...
TÜV SÜD chooses head of its British Isles segment; Garaventa and Wittur positions filled.
Austin Named CEO of TÜV SÜD U.K. and Ireland Austin Global technical service provider TÜV SÜD has named Brian Austin CEO for the U.K. and Ireland, a position that will...
Elevators to Bring Historic Bridge Into ADA Compliance
A pair of elevators on either side of the historic Jefferson Avenue footbridge in Springfield, Missouri, would bring the attraction into compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the...
Chicago remains hot, as Milwaukee and Denver get taller.
Tribune Tower Project Adds Chicago’s Second Tallest The developers who are transforming Chicago’s iconic, neo-Gothic Tribune Tower into condominiums and retail space have unveiled plans to build a sleek metal-and-glass...
Schindler Destination Dispatch on Carnival’s New, Largest Ship
Florida-headquartered Carnival Cruise Lines’ Horizon, the largest vessel in its fleet, is the first to be outfitted with a destination-dispatch elevator system, Travel Weekly reported. Carnival tells ELEVATOR WORLD Schindler...
High-profile contracts let and projects announced, plus a new initiative for safety in New York City (NYC).
Schindler VT System to Serve One Vanderbilt One Vanderbilt, a skyline-defining building ELEVATOR WORLD has been watching closely (EW, December 2014; March, July and December 2015; and September 2016), now...
Upgrades on the way for Philadelphia, D.C. and Queens.
WMATA Tests Color-Coded Escalator Handrails The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has begun testing color-coded escalator handrails to help direct Metro riders to the different lines, Washingtonian.com reported in...
Big announcements from UTC, Gustav Wolf and KONE
UTC Unveils Center for Intelligent Buildings in Florida United Technologies Corp. (UTC) officials cut the ribbon in April on UTC’s US$115-million, 224,000-sq.-ft. Center for Intelligent Buildings in Palm Beach Gardens,...
