Shanghai

More Than 230 Otis Units for Shanghai’s New Bund

Otis recently highlighted how it is facilitating mobility in the New Bund Area in Pudong, Shanghai's second CBD, with more than 230 elevators and escalators, including 50 in the New...

Architecture Firms Halt Russia Projects Over War In Ukraine

One Dutch and two British architecture firms have halted all projects in Russia over the war in Ukraine, various news outlets report. On February 28, The Architect’s Newspaper reported that Rotterdam,...

Elevator Installations Urged By Shanghai Residents

Although Shanghai targeted for 1,000 new elevators by the end of 2021, members of the city’s aging population are calling for quick installation of more new elevators, Shine reports. Complaints and clamoring are coming from a...

Shanghai Releases New Residential Elevator Standard

Shanghai officials have released a safety technical standard for elevators in residential buildings, Shine reported on July 22. The standard ranges from selecting equipment to maintenance. Installation of elevators primarily takes three...

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...

Shanghai Building Repairs, Elevator Installations Underway

Authorities in Shanghai have ordered the overhaul of exterior walls on downtown buildings after a woman was killed by falling debris, Shine reported on April 12. In addition, elevators will be installed...

Hitachi Elevator, KONE add more than 260 units in Shanghai, Chengdu.

Hitachi Elevator Providing 201 Units to Shanghai Metro Hitachi Elevator’s EX-BPG escalators were used; photo courtesy of Hitachi. Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. is providing 201 elevators and escalators to...

Schmersal Names Managing Director of Chinese Subisidiary

The Schmersal Group, headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany, named Michele Seasarro managing director of Schmersal Industrial Switchgear Co. Ltd. in Shanghai. A native of Milan, Italy, Seasarro has been managing the...