News
ThyssenKrupp makes a major investment in India, and companies join forces to expand reach.
ThyssenKrupp Selects Chakan for First Elevator Plant in India ThyssenKrupp broke ground on October 13 in Chakan, India, on what will be its first elevator plant in India. Upon completion,...
Skyscraper tops out, and companies win contracts and expand.
TEI Group Contracts around the City TEI Group has won several contracts to equip new and renovated New York City (NYC) buildings with vertical transportation. It will construct and install...
Business Transactions
Acquisitions abound as companies make strategic moves. KONE Forms T&I Division, Appoints CTO KONE has established a Technology & Innovation (T&I) division and appointed Tomio Pihkala (ELEVATOR WORLD, November 2013),...
New York City and Area Continue to Grow
New York YIMBY shares information about activity in the city and beyond. Durst’s Tetrahedron Building Nearly a Wrap The Durst Organization is wrapping up construction of VIA 57 West at...
A look at Europe as Interlift takes place mid month.
U.K. Firm Reflects on European Industry Lift and Escalator Jobs (LEJ) of the U.K. reported in August that the vertical-transportation industry is “thriving,” pointing to the fact that this year’s...
Ongoing Jobs
Lerch Bates, Otis move forward on projects. DIA’s Elevators and Escalators Near Completion Lerch Bates Inc., designer of the elevator, escalator and façade-access systems of the US$544-million Denver International Airport...
Array of construction projects around the world generates work for OEMs, distributors, suppliers and architects.
Schindler Wins Largest-Ever Contract in Myanmar Schindler has been awarded a 103-unit contract to supply the vertical-transportation system for the mixed-use, multiple tower Times City, scheduled for completion in 2017...
Greater New York
Work planned, continues throughout metropolis. 90-Story Manhattan Tower Height Surprises Residents A 900-ft.-tall, 90-story luxury apartment is being developed by Bauhouse Group near 434 East 58th Street in Manhattan. The...
Jobs and Joint Ventures
There’s a new player in Scandinavia; established players win major contracts in London and Mexico City. Fermator/Hissmekano Joint Venture Struck Fermator Group and Hissmekano AB have, in their words, “signed...
A roundup of the most important ongoing projects in and around booming New York City
A Remarkable Shift in 2 WTC Design The Norman Foster-designed vision for 2 World Trade Center (WTC), the fourth and final tower at the WTC site in Manhattan, was a...
