Sri Lanka

Fujitec India’s New Elevator Plant Now Fully Operational

Fujitec India Private Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan's Fujitec Co. Ltd., announced on August 1 that a new, second elevator plant in the Chennai, India, suburbs is now fully operational....

20-Story Luxury Hotel Planned Near Osaka Castle in Japan

Capella Hotel Group plans to open the second hotel worldwide under the Patina Hotels & Resorts brand near Osaka Castle in Osaka, Japan, by 2025, Japan Property Central reports. Following...

Wafer-Thin Projects Promoted in Gold Coast, Australia

A pair of development proposals have been filed to further fill the expanding projects in the Gold Coast in Australia, areas set to become new frontiers in the region’s proliferation...

Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Elevators Wins International Award

Aitken Spence Elevators, a supply, installation and maintenance company in partnership with Otis in Sri Lanka, recently won the international award “Excellence in Business Transformation” during the Business Transformation Leadership...

Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Elevators Plants 1,000 Trees

Colombo, Sri Lanka, vertical-transportation company Aitken Spence Elevators (Pvt.) Ltd. recently planted approximately 1,000 trees, Sunday Observer reports. The plantings, along the area’s Southern Expressway, included 760 kumbuk plants, 200 mee plants,...

Three Safdie Projects Follow Goals of Habitat ’67

Three high-rise projects by noted firm Safdie Architects — one nearly completed, one just topped out and one newly launched — offer a vision of residential projects in Asia and Latin America...

TKE, Sri Lankan Firm Win Maldives Airport Contract

DIMO, a Sri Lanka-based conglomerate with a range of engineering companies, including vertical-transportation (VT), has won a project to supply, install and maintain elevators, escalators and moving walks at the...

New Emigration Hall Opens at Airport in Sri Lanka

A new “Emigration Hall” opened at the departure passenger terminal in the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Sri Lanka, ColomboPage reports. The terminal was renovated under the BIA Terminal 1 expansion project,...