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http://www.elevatorworld.com/industry-news/june-01-2016/
87-UNIT ORDER FOR KONE IN BEIJING
KONE has been awarded a contract to supply 87 elevators to four towers ranging in height from 120-200 m in the Lize Financial Business District of Beijing. Situated on 52 ha, three of the towers will house offices and a fourth will have a hotel, apartments and retail. They are scheduled for completion in 2018. The developer is Beijing Capital Land Ltd., and the architect is Gensler Architecture. The order consists of 76 MiniSpaceTM and 11 MonoSpace® elevators, along with the E-LinkTM remote-monitoring system.
TEXACONE JOINS ANCHOR
The Texacone Co. has joined the Anchor family of companies, headquartered in Texas. Texacone has been designing and manufacturing hydraulic sealing components for the elevator industry since the 1950s. Citing Texacone's long history, Tra Willbanks, Anchor managing partner, said he is pleased to team up with Texacone President Gina Valdez and Executive Vice President Wallace Wheeler. The new relationship promises to allow Texacone to expand into new markets and develop new products and services.
FOUR YEAR OLD DIES IN FREIGHT ELEVATOR SHAFT
A four-year-old Park Slope, New York, boy died on May 26 after falling down an elevator shaft in a parking garage, the New York Post reports. The boy had been riding in the freight elevator with his parents when he ran away from them and, the report states, “accidentally tumbled down the shaft,” falling down a gap between the wall and the elevator shaft. He fell approximately 50 ft. from the third floor and passed away after being rushed to a nearby hospital. The public is not normally allowed in the freight elevator. The New York City Buildings Department has closed it while it is investigating.
