China
Elevators Ban Electric Bikes After Fire Injures Five
Communities across China tightened bans on electric bicycles in elevators this week after a rider’s battery exploded, injuring five people at a residential building in Shanghai, including a woman holding...
One Excellence Development in Shenzhen Complete
The One Excellence development in the new Qianhai district of Shenzhen, China, is now complete, World Architecture News reported in March. Farrells won the design competition for One Excellence in late 2013...
BIG Designs Tower for Chinese Smartphone Maker
Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has commissioned Danish architecture studio BIG to design an R&D building named the “O-Tower,” dezeen reported on April 19. Described as being infinity-loop shaped, the 42-story skyscraper is designed to...
KONE Wins 67-Unit Order for Development in Zhuhai, China
KONE has won an order to supply 67 elevators for Zhuhai Huafa Plaza, a multitower, mixed-use development in Zhuhai, China, that will bring office space and multiple residential units to...
Hitachi Elevator (China) Hosts VT Safety Events for Children
To recognize Public Health Safety and Education Day for Primary and Secondary School Students on March 29, Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd., held 25 vertical-transportation (VT) educational events in nine...
Hitachi Opens Residential Elevator Center in Kunming
Hitachi Elevator (China) has inaugurated a Household Elevator Urban Experience Center in Kunming, China, the company announced in March. During a gathering at the center on March 28, company President...
KONE to Equip Citymark Center in Shenzhen
KONE won an order to deliver 52 elevators and escalators, 12 KT 100 turnstiles and its Office Flow™ solution to the Citymark Center, a new office building in Shenzhen, China....
Developer Vanke Honors Hitachi Elevator (China)
In a March 17 ceremony held in Shanghai, property developer China Vanke Co., Ltd. honored Hitachi Elevator (China) with a 25-year partnership award, Yahoo Finance reported. The event, Vanke’s 2021 Spring reception...
Sky Ring Inclined Elevators
Located in the internationally renowned tourist attraction Sanya City in Hainan Province, China, the first phase of Sanya International Duty Free City was opened in September 2014. With a commercial...
WEE Goes On
August heat, pandemic worries aside, the 2020 expo shows the health of China’s VT industry. For the second time in its history, the World Elevator and Escalator (WEE) Expo was...
