Vertical Transportation
KONE Wins 83-Unit VT Order for New Beijing Metro Line
KONE has won an order to supply 83 vertical-transportation (VT) units for the western section of Beijing’s new Metro Line 11, the company announced on September 16. Line 11, a...
TKE Canada Doubles VT Service Footprint for Retailer
TK Elevator (TKE) Canada has expanded its service footprint on vertical-transportation (VT) systems at supermarket Loblaws’ locations in Canada, TKE has announced. Lowblas, headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, has more than 2,400 stores...
NEEA Welcomes Additions to Its Leadership Team
The National Elevator and Escalator Association (NEEA), a voice for Canada’s vertical-transportation industry, has named two new members to the leadership team as part of an expansion and modernization aimed...
Macau VT Industry Concerned Over Standard Proposal
A Chinese government proposal to adopt EU vertical-transportation (VT) standards worries some people in the elevator industry, who fear the standards would be unworkable in Macau, the Macau Daily Times reported in...
Salt Lake City Airport Takes Off
Schindler tells your author about the importance of pitless moving walks and connection to the company’s IoT in providing VT solutions across the large facility. photos courtesy of Salt Lake...
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...
TKE Lands 122-Unit VT Contract for Quito Metro System
Quito, Ecuador, is building its first metro transit system, and TK Elevator (TKE) has been awarded the vertical-transportation (VT) contract for the first line, the company announced on August 6....
Installation Of “Make In India” VT Equipment at Kanpur Begins
The installation of elevators and escalators in nine Metro Stations in India has begun, The Times of India reported on August 4. A total of 27 escalators and 33 lifts are being...
Residential Skyscraper with TKE VT Tops Out In Hudson Yards
451 Tenth Avenue, a 587-ft-tall, 45-story skyscraper in NYC’s Hudson Yards designed by Handel Architects and developed by Related Cos., topped out in July, New York YIMBY reports. TK Elevator (TKE), the...
Otis provides VT, Westbank Campus adds residential tower
Construction on San Francisco Tower Wrapping Up Construction is wrapping up on 30 Otis Street, SoMa, in San Francisco as the tower is preparing for move-ins later this summer, San...
