New and Emerging Technology
TKE Elevator Test Tower and IQC Honored by ENR Southeast
Engineering News-Record Southeast (ENR) recently honored TK Elevator's (TKE) 400-ft-tall elevator test tower and Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) at the Battery Atlanta with the Best Project/Engineering/Industrial Award. General contractor...
Tallest Building in EU Warsaw’s Varso Tower Completes
Varso Tower, designed by U.K.-based Foster + Partners for developer HB Reavis in the city center of Warsaw, Poland, is complete, outlets including Architects' Journal report. At 310 m and...
Hyundai Elevator Signs Agreement to Improve Safety
LG Uplus Corp., a major wireless carrier, and Hyundai Elevator Co., South Korea’s No. 1 lift manufacturer, recently announced that they will distribute safety devices that make use of Internet...
CTBUH’s “Sustainable High-Rise Buildings” Book Now Available
The book “Sustainable High-Rise Buildings: Design, Technology, and Innovation,” a collaboration between the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and longtime collaborators Kheir Al-Kodmany, Peng Du and Mir...
Taoping Sees High Engagement With Elevator Program in China
Taoping Inc. recently announced the company has achieved a record high user engagement level with its smart elevator program in Tianjin, China: The program now covers more than 8,000 elevators,...
TKE Introduces Energy-Saving Natively Digital EOX Elevator
On October 6, Düsseldorf, Germany-headquartered TK Elevator (TKE) announced it has launched EOX to customers in Europe. EOX is an elevator platform with a digital core that delivers improved energy...
Vote Now for ELEVATOR WORLD’s Product of the Year Winner
Voting is now open for ELEVATOR WORLD’s second annual Product of the Year Award. This year, we received 11 outstanding products to showcase to our readers – and you have...
Schindler Built-In Technology Presented at Singapore Show
Jardine Schindler Group featured new technology, including Schindler's BuilT-In, at BEX Asia in Singapore in September. BuilT-In is a state-of-the-art Building Transit Integrator specially designed to meet modern-day buildings' present...
TKE Elevators With Robotic Capabilities for Major Canada Hospital
TK Elevator (TKE) has completed installation of approximately 30 digitally advanced elevators at Calgary Cancer Centre (CCC) at Foothills Medical Centre, the soon-to-be largest standalone cancer center in Canada. The...