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  2. Lerch Bates - Wikipedia

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    In 1994 under the direction of Quent Bates and his quest to reward the employees, Lerch Bates became an employee owned company and is now considered one of the best and longest running ESOP's in the US. In 1998 Lerch Bates designed the world's fastest elevators for the then world's tallest building, the Taipei Financial Centre / Taipei 101.

  3. PPL Building - Wikipedia

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    In 1930, the PPL Building was named the "best example of a modern office building" by Encyclopædia Britannica, and also featured the world's fastest elevator. During the 1960s, PPL supported the local United Fund community fund drive program by using the building's brightly lit windows at night to spell out the abbreviation "U.F." to remind ...

  4. John Hancock Center - Wikipedia

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    The elevators that serve the top three public floors are credited as the fastest in both North America and the Western Hemisphere. [40] [45] Manufactured by Otis, the elevators travel 96 floors at a top speed of 1,800 ft/min (20 mph; 9.1 m/s). It has been said that they would be capable of reaching the 95th floor in 38 seconds if they could run ...

  5. Hitachi is building the world's fastest elevator: 95 ... - AOL

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    In 2016, Hitachi will take over Toshiba's title as the maker of the fastest elevator in the world. The Japanese company's slated to install two lifts that move at a swift 45mph inside China's ...

  6. Mitsubishi Electric to build world's fastest elevator, usher ...

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    The forthcoming set of elevators will be housed within the still-incomplete Shanghai Tower, where they'll travel between the basement and 119th floor at a speed of 59 feet per second -- a rate ...

  7. List of elevator manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Montgomery Elevator: Acquired by Kone, Canadian division in 1985 and U.S. division in 1994. Marshall Elevator: Sold to Otis; Schweizerische Aufzügefabrik AG; Thyssen AG: Merged with Krupp and became ThyssenKrupp in 1999, with subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG; ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG announced in 2021 a name change and rebranding to TK ...

  8. China builds world's fastest elevator - AOL

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    A skyscraper in the country's southern city of Guangzhou is getting the world's fastest elevator - able to ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in. Subscriptions; Business. Elections ...

  9. Taipei 101 - Wikipedia

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    [a] Each elevator features an aerodynamic body, full pressurization, state-of-the art emergency braking systems, and the world's first triple-stage anti-overshooting system. The cost for each elevator is NT$80 million (US$2.4 million). [90] [91] In 2016, the title for the fastest elevator was taken away by the Shanghai Tower in Shanghai. [92]

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