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Big contracts and plans announced for locales around the country.
Otis UK Wins Maintenance for 340 Units at Gatwick Airport Gatwick in West Sussex has appointed Otis UK the service provider for 340 elevators, escalators and moving walks in the...
Activity is picking up in hotspots across the region.
Clam-Shaped Supertall as Centerpiece of Dubai Project Burj Jumeriah, a 550-m-tall oval tower that brings to mind the razor-clam-shaped Pertamina Energy Tower in Jakarta (ELEVATOR WORLD, October 2015), is planned...
OEMs lead the way on details and moves around the world
thyssenkrupp Addresses Sale, Details Plans for Split thyssenkrupp CEO Guido Kerkhoff told a German newspaper that the company has no plans to sell its elevator business, according to a Reuters...
Towers for residents and medical offices, and an acquisition
48-Story Mixed-Use Tower for Medical Center Houston-based Medistar Corp. plans to build the 48-story Innovation Tower containing medical office space, and potentially residences, in the Texas Medical Center on Main...
Hotels, mixed-use, affordable housing on the drawing boards.
Construction Underway on Two Times Square Hotels Work is well underway on two new high-rise hotels in New York City’s (NYC) Times Square. The first, a Hard Rock Hotel at...
Changing roles, an airport contract and an achievement
TateossianPromotedto Senior VP of NEIP at HUB Tateossian John Tateossian has been promoted to senior vice president of the National Elevator Insurance Program (NEIP) of HUB International Ltd. Previously serving...
Art Plaza by Melo Group in downtown Miami
Foster + Partners Wins Prestigious Commission in Shenzhen Foster + Partners beat competitors including Mecanoo and Skidmore Owings & Merrill to design a 350-m-tall tower on the waterfront in Shenzhen...
VT units for big projects in Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi
Johnson Lifts/SJEC Supplying 205 Escalators to MMRC Stations Mumbai Metro Rail Corp. (MMRC) has awarded a contract to Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd. India and M/s SJEC Corp. China Consortium to...
Possible impacts of Brexit, personnel changes for thyssenkrupp and SVM Associates
Brexit May Pose Difficulties for Manufacturers Many types of products may only be marketed within the European Economic Area (EEA) if they are provided with a CE mark, but with...
Tenders let for all kinds of industry equipment around the world.
thyssenkrupp Largest Order to Date in Bahrain Sixteen thyssenkrupp elevators and two escalators were installed in the 200-m-tall United Tower in Manama, Bahrain, representing the company’s largest order to date...
