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Mitsubishi Electric launches new lift and escalator company in Laos

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has established MELCO Elevator Lao Sole Co., Ltd. (MLAO) to accelerate its lift and escalator business growth in the highly promising Mekong regional market.

The new company, which was established by Mitsubishi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (MET), a Mitsubishi Electric subsidiary, began operations on July 1, 2019.

The new company is expected to strengthen Mitsubishi Electric’s sales of lifts and escalators as well as related provision of high-quality maintenance services.

Hitachi wins lift order in Hyderabad, India

Hitachi has been awarded a contract to supply 106 lifts for large-scale office buildings to be constructed in Hyderabad, a major city in South India. This is the largest order for Hitachi group’s lifts and escalators in India.

Hitachi Building Systems and Hitachi Lift India will deliver 72 lifts for the large-scale building complex Phoenix Spaces 285, located in a suburb of Hyderabad’s financial district and scheduled for completion in February 2020.

Hitachi Lift India will also deliver 34 lifts for Phoenix Aquilia, an office building located in the centre of Hyderabad’s financial district, which is scheduled to be completed in December 2019.

ThyssenKrupp completes its ‘biggest ever’ automated mobility contract

ThyssenKrupp, one of the world’s leading suppliers of elevators and escalators, says it has completed its “biggest ever” contract in Sweden.

The work involved the iconic Urban Escape project in Stockholm.

ThyssenKrupp was asked to supply 53 elevators, 27 escalators and 15 platform lifts for the project.

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Paris skyline gets a lift

The Paris business district of La Defense will become home to a spectacular new skyscraper, featuring thyssenkrupp’s TWIN lifts with two cabins instead of just one moving in the same shaft.

thyssenkrupp Elevator will deliver 12 TWIN lift systems, a technology that increases transport capacity and improves energy efficiency.

Applying the TWIN frees up floor space, as this technology transports more people without increasing the number of elevator shafts. The new tower will also include another twelve conventional elevators and escalators.

Arrow Electronics helps Hong Kong engineers develop monitoring device for lift safety

Arrow Electronics has enabled Nikko Group, a Hong Kong-based lift services company, to incorporate IoT and sensor technologies in a solution that provides real-time data monitoring for a lift safety protection mechanism.

Following a series of fatal lift accidents in Hong Kong in recent years, the Electrical and Mechanical Service Department reported that 80 percent of lifts in Hong Kong have not adopted the recommended enhancement solutions set out in the government’s “Guidelines for Modernising Existing Lifts”.

This includes the installation of an Unintended Car Movement Protection (UCMP) device, which is a safety device that triggers emergency braking systems to prevent unintended lift car movements which may cause fatal injuries.

ThyssenKrupp equips United Tower in Bahrain with lifts and escalators

The builders of the United Tower in Bahrain have completed the installation of 16 lifts and two escalators in the country’s sixth tallest building.

With its unique twisted shape, the United Tower is conceived as a building with multiple uses – a vertical spiral city where people live, work, and relax. The particular characteristic of the United Tower is a 360-degree unobstructed view of Manama.

The United Tower is located in Bahrain Bay on the north-eastern shore of Bahrain’s capital city Manama in a mixed neighbourhood of residential, commercial and retail spaces.

Schindler debuts robotic system for lifts

Schindler has announced the debut of its Robotics Installation System for Elevators (R.I.S.E), which it claims will pave the way for greater automation and digitalisation in the lift/elevator industry.

With its autonomous and self-climbing robot, this prototype solution allows the safe and high-quality installation of lifts, and is ideally suited for use in high-rise buildings.

The innovative technology was recently used to install several elevators in commercial complexes and tall residential buildings in Europe.

Schindler brings its ‘PORT’ Technology to the high seas

‘Carnival Horizon’, Carnival Cruise Line’s newest vessel, is the first ship to be equipped with Schindler’s PORT Technology.

The cruise ship has been supplied with 33 lifts/elevators and 4 escalators, installed by Schindler‘s specialist Marine Unit. The 16 core passenger lifts are all equipped with Schindler’s PORT Technology, which enhances the current operations and enables a smooth and efficient embarkation and debarkation process for up to 4,500 passengers.

Schindler’s PORT Technology is a highly sophisticated lift control and security access technology based on a Schindler innovation: the elevators know where the passengers are going before they enter the car.

ThyssenKrupp elevates in New York

ThyssenKrupp Elevator has been contracted by Hudson Yards to design and install up to 40 twin elevator systems for its 50 Hudson Yards building; 27 elevators for the 55 Hudson Yards building; and 12 elevator and escalator units for The Shed.

Hudson Yards is the largest private real estate development in US history and the largest development in New York City since Rockefeller Center.

The site will include more than 18 million sq ft of commercial and residential space, state-of-the-art office towers, more than 100 shops and approximately 4,000 residences.