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Metro line contract let; potential for new installations in Shanghai.
KONE Wins 239-Escalator Order for Wuxi Metro Line 3 KONE is the latest OEM to win significant work providing the 28.5-km-long Wuxi Metro Line 3 with vertical-transportation equipment. Following a...
An acquisition and a height variance
Liberty Elevator Experts Acquires D.C. Company Liberty Elevator Experts, based in Newark, Delaware, has acquired Technical Elevator Inspections of Washington, D.C. Technical Elevator Inspections performs compliance inspections throughout the District...
High-end condos distinguish luxury developments.
Solitair Opens in Miami’s Brickell Neighborhood Solitair, a 50-story, 438-unit luxury apartment tower in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, is open and ready for move-in, Curbed Miami reported in August. The tower,...
Innovative ideas in California, Oregon
New San Francisco High Rise Combines Style, Energy Savings Newly released images of a high-rise residential tower in the heart of San Francisco show a twisting design that took its...
Big Apple Rising
New York YIMBY provides project updates from Hudson Yards and across the boroughs. Hudson Yards Second-Tallest Building Near Completion The 92-story, 1,009-ft.-tall 35 Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD, April and October...
Big Willis Tower news, a new office building and VT improvements at a CTA station
Willis Tower Renovation Centerpiece Gets Name, Tenants The five-story, 300,000-sq.-ft. addition to Willis Tower, the centerpiece of a US$668-million renovation being undertaken by Blackstone Group, has a name and tenants,...
Vantage (GAL)
Bronx-based manufacturer brings together business units, taps regional VP. GAL Becomes Vantage Elevator Solutions GAL Manufacturing Corp., headquartered in Bronx, New York, announced in September it has brought together its...
Locations open, campaign launches, and architect creates an Arabic design.
Oman-Headquartered VT Manufacturer Opening New Branches National Quality Art Co. for Elevators and Escalators, which in 2013 established the first elevator/escalator factory in Oman, is growing, with its third branch...
Developments in Australia, Asia, South America warrant notice.
Big Plans in Australian Cities Developer Beulah International selected Green Spine, a “twisting garden” by UNStudio and Cox Architecture, as the winner of an international design competition that will include...
OEMs and suppliers win work, grow and form partnerships.
Hyundai in China, South Korea and Malaysia, and JV in Vietnam 65 Units in Harbin, China, Metro Extension In one of several announcements in the summer Hyundai Elevator Newsletter, the...
