[…] Home sales in Spain are starting to creep up, and real-estate experts foresee strong demand for new homes, and, consequently, elevators, in cities such as Madrid and Barcelona where land is scarce. KONE Opens Malaysia Branch KONE has opened a branch in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, to better serve new and existing customers, including developers […]
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ThyssenKrupp Elevadores installs first iMods in Europe. Approximately seven years ago, ThyssenKrupp Elevadores, Spain began working with the Transports Metropolitans Barcelona (TMB) on a project to replace 56 old escalators at Sants Station, the main intermodal transit station in Barcelona. With an annual passenger volume of close to 30 million, Sants Station connects to […]
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[…] into a 1,500-lb. shaft. The ways to save space were fascinating. Again, in only the smallest space, ThyssenKrupp Elevator modernized an escalator in the Sants Station in Barcelona. Because the original escalator was between two walls, the new escalator (an iMod) was installed in modules built to fit. The New York Special Regional Section […]
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[…] his future, which included working as an engineer for both microelectronics and radio-communications firms, as well as a radio-communications specialist for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. “I think electronics as a vocation was in my genetics,” he says. Today, he is CEO and owner of elevator emergency-communications provider MERak Telecom & Systems […]
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[…] Co. Ltd. notes cost-conscious real-estate developers are helping drive demand for domestically produced items. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Launches Digital Magazine During the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on November 10-12, ThyssenKrupp Elevator announced its new digital magazine, Urban-Hub.com. The publication focuses on how to achieve sustainable development amid increasing urbanization and is […]
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[…] on the events, which aided in the completion of this investigation. #2 Karlsruhe, Germany #3 Rome, Italy #4 Amsterdam, Netherlands #5 Vienna, Austria #6 Hong Kong #7 Barcelona, Spain #8 Shanghai, China #9 Zurich, Switzerland #10 Berlin, Germany #11 Singapore #12 Milan, Italy #13 & 15 Beijing, China #14 Istanbul, Turkey #16 Helsinki, Finland […]
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[…] issues and experiences. Gero Gschwendtner, chairman of CEN TC 10 WG 2, concentrated on escalator safety and the SNEE initiative. Ignasi Oliver, director of Maintenance for the Barcelona Metro, introduced delegates to safety issues and the importance of lift and escalator service from clients’ and operators’ points of view. Oliver closed his presentation by […]
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[…] Moscow “Door Products Segmentation Acc. to Lift Applications” by Josep Petit, Fermator, Reus, Spain October 17 “Climber Lift, The Elevator as Household Appliance” by Antonio Llaguno, Futura/Lifts4Life, Barcelona “Control Concepts in Elevators – Control Devices and Information Mediums” by Frank Saalmüller, SCHAEFER GmbH, Sigmaringen, Germany “The US American Elevator Market” by Robert S. Caporale, […]
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[…] not always the case, particularly in Europe, where many streets, buildings and entries are built very narrowly. At a recently completed jobsite in the old part of Barcelona, the width of the street was just over 3 m. Still, installation was successful, thanks to the creativity of the planning team and good communication among […]
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[…] Dover, England, and Calais, France The Arab Potash Company’s plant on the Dead Sea, Jordan CN Tower, Toronto Eiffel Tower, Paris Halley Research Station, Antarctica The Torre de Collserola in Barcelona (a 288.4 m tower designed for the 1992 Summer Olympics) Royal Opera House, London Sudbury Neutrino Observatory in Sudbury, Ontario (located about 2 km underground)
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