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The Bailong Elevator, 2009. The Bailong Elevator (Chinese: 百龙电梯; literally Hundred Dragons Elevator) is a glass double-deck elevator built onto the side of a cliff in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, People's Republic of China, an area noted for more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of the site, many over 200 metres (660 ft) in height.
China based company, Glarie Elevator, has a history of specializing in German superior technology. The company caters to the Chinese market, which is one of the leading markets, and has a ...
Otis Worldwide Corporation (branded as the Otis Elevator Company, its former legal name) is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and related equipment. Based in Farmington, Connecticut, U.S., Otis is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally ...
As of 2023, Taipei 101 is the tallest building in Taiwan and the eleventh tallest building in the world. [ 3 ][ 4 ]25°2′1.11″N121°33′53.59″E / 25.0336417°N 121.5648861°E. The elevators of Taipei 101 that transport passengers from the 5th to the 89th floor in 37 seconds (attaining 60.6 km/h (37.7 mph)) set speed records. [ 3 ...
A Kone-Thyssenkrupp Elevator merger would create the world's biggest lift maker, leapfrogging market leader Otis, owned by United Technologies, and Schindler in second place. Thyssenkrupp and Otis ...
The Kone MonoSpace for low to mid-rise buildings is the world's first machine-room-less elevator. [16] The Kone EcoSpace elevator is a machine-room-less traction elevator designed for low-rise buildings from 2 to 4 stories as an energy-efficient alternative to hydraulic elevators, and can fit in an existing hydraulic elevator hoistway.
The Mitsubishi Electric-owned Solae Test Tower (173 m) in Inazawa City, Japan is the world's 4th tallest elevator testing tower after Hyundai elevator test tower at Icheon plant (205 m) South Korea, the Kone Tytyri test tower (235 m) and the Rottweil Test Tower (246 m)
The original lift operated at a speed of 1 metre per second (3.3 ft/s) and took nearly three minutes to reach the summit of the Hammetschwand, carrying up to eight people in its wooden and zinc-plated cab. In 1935, the lift's speed was increased to 2.7 metres per second (8.9 ft/s) and the cab was replaced with a lighter metal construction.