XIZI OTIS WINS TRIO OF CHINESE RAIL CONTRACTS
Otis joint venture Xizi Otis Elevator Co., Ltd., has been awarded a trio of contracts to supply elevators and escalators to rail projects throughout China totaling 207 units. They are: 82 units for Chengdu Metro Line 10 and 87 units for the Wuhan Metro Airport Line, both scheduled to open at the end of 2016, and 38 units for the Guizhou West section of the Shanghai-Kunming Railway. All orders include energy-efficient Gen2® elevators and heavy-duty, energy-efficient escalators.
WMATA ESCALATOR WORK TO SPAN 45 WEEKS AT STATION
Work to replace a pair of escalators at the Georgia Avenue/Petworth station of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in Washington, D.C., is projected to start in March and take approximately 45 weeks, Petworth News reports. Similar escalator replacements have taken considerably less time. WMATA attributed the amount of time set aside to the fact that trusses and beams must be replaced and that replacement parts for the outdated units are hard to find. KONE is performing the work as part of a larger modernization job projected to last through 2020.
BLAIN HYDRAULICS IS OFFERING WEBINARS
Blain Hydraulics is offering live, twice-monthly webinars during which managers, consultants and technicians can learn about topics such as valve servicing, power-unit design and many others related to hydraulic elevator systems. The webinars will be hosted at convenient times for viewers around the world. Participants may select a convenient time and register free of charge. One-on-one training on specific topics is also available at no cost.
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