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Skyline Plus “ONE”
High rise under construction in Frankfurt, Germany, uses KONE high-performance elevators. ONE office and hotel tower by investor and developer CA Immo, 190 m tall, 49 stories high and standing...
TELME Honors Workers During Safety Week Observance
Toshiba Elevator Middle East, LLC (TELME) held its annual Safety Memorial Week in August to stress the importance of jobsite safety and to remember, through silent prayer, those who have...
Omarlift Turkey Launches New Hydraulic Pump
Italy-based maker of elevator systems unveils smart pump unit during event at its Ankara factory. Approximately 50 guests attended an August 5 product launch for the Smart Hydraulic Pump Unit...
The Heaven and Hell Sinkholes
An elevator project for the Heaven Sinkhole, prepared by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, was recently completed by EAS Asansör. The Heaven and Hell Sinkholes are...
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...
On Air
Michele Suria, (MS) CEO, IGV Group, and architect Marco Piva (MP) share insights about the product line and its many facets with your author (SSP). Italian lift systems manufacturer IGV...
Meeting a Need
Hamstede Living Chief Projects Officer Suraj Bhatt (SB) explains the intricacies of the student-housing and coliving segments to your author (SSP). SSP: What has been the overall response to the...
“COVID-19 Impact — Real Estate Developers’ Perspective: Future of VT Systems”
Second webinar in series yields lively exchange of ideas. While the COVID-19 crisis continues to impact people’s lives and livelihoods in different ways across the globe, India is undergoing yet...
VT in Gurugram’s Gulf Adiba
Anand Sharma (AS), founder partner, Design Forum International (DFI), shares insights with your author (SSP) on the Gulf Adiba project. SSP: What was the thought process behind Gulf Adiba’s orientation-sensitive...
Elevator Technology in the Time of the Coronavirus
Standards-focused Heilbronn Lift Days has hundreds turn out despite early pandemic effect. Due to the first signs of the coronavirus pandemic, only about 200 of the 300 registered participants attended...