MITSUBISHI BUILDING SOUTH KOREAN ELEVATOR FACTORY
Mitsubishi Elevator Korea Ltd. is building a US$27-million, 19,300-m2 factory in the Incheon Free Economic Zone in South Korea. Scheduled to open in April 2017, it will have an annual production capacity of 4,000 units and approximately 120 employees. The factory's R&D division will absorb certain functions currently located at Inazawa Works in Japan. The factory promises to enable Mitsubishi Electric to begin offering elevators with speeds of up to 360 fpm, and enhance its ability to serve the Middle Eastern and Association of Southeast Asian Nation markets. It is also set to include an 80-m-tall test tower and training center.
TEI GROUP IN NYC PROJECTS
TEI Group has announced its reception of contracts for two developments in New York City (NYC). The first is a contract from Bravo Builders to install six overhead gearless passenger cars in a new 33-story residential and hotel development. The building is to rise in downtown Brooklyn and house 381 apartments and 119 hotel rooms. The second is from Sciame to install three overhead gearless traction elevators, one hydraulic elevator and one wheelchair lift in the 10-story Collegiate School’s Riverside Center Expansion within Extell's Riverside Center development on the new Freedom Place South throughway in NYC.
SIXTH LIFT SYMPOSIUM DETAILS ANNOUNCED
The Sixth Lift & Escalator Symposium is planned for September 21-22, 2016, at Highgate House in Northampton, U.K., the University of Northampton, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Lifts Group and Lift and Escalator Industry Association announce. The annual event brings together vertical-transportation experts and provides an opportunity for speakers to present peer-reviewed papers. For more information or to submit an abstract, visit the website.
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