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Taisun was built to install very large (up to 20,000 tons) integrated modules on top of a vessel's hull. Traditionally, offshore vessels such as drilling semi submersibles or FPSOs were built from the ground up in modules of 1000 to 2000 tons, which meant that much installation, hook up and commissioning work was left to be done on board where access is limited and efficiency is decreased.
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 ...
Elevator drives: Dresden, Germany; Safety devices and shaft accessories: Scheibbs, Austria; Cars/Car slings: Istanbul, Turkey; Complete elevator systems: Istanbul, Turkey; In addition, Wittur has R&D facilities of different sizes in every single plant, starting from small test devices for doors in India through to test towers in Austria and Spain.
Johnson Lifts held an 18% and 36% market share in the Indian lift and escalator markets respectively as of January 2017. [9] The company sold over 10,000 lifts and recorded revenue of around ₹ 2,000 crore (equivalent to ₹ 50 billion or US$590 million in 2023) in FY19.
Otis elevator in Glasgow, Scotland, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner's Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles [7] Otis founded the Otis Elevator Company in Yonkers, New York, in 1853. When he died in 1861 his sons Charles and Norton formed a partnership and continued the business.
British company LiftEye provides a virtual window technology to turn common elevator into panoramic. It creates 3d video panorama using live feed from cameras placed vertically along the facade and synchronizes it with cab movement. The video is projected on a wall-sized screens making it look like the walls are made of glass. [95]
NextFab was founded as a for-profit limited liability company in 2009 by Evan D. Malone, the son of American businessman and philanthropist John C. Malone.Evan Malone received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 29, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. [2]
The Seneca Grain Elevator consists of a 65-foot (20 m) grain elevator or "elevating warehouse" which rises four stories above its basement. The 40-foot (12 m) by 80-foot (24 m) structure dominates the site and overlooks downtown Seneca. Between 1924–39 corrugated metal siding was added to the building as a fire prevention measure. [2]