Tag: ThyssenKrupp
Thyssenkrupp opens new plant with test tower
Thyssenkrupp marked another major milestone in its innovation ambition, with the opening ceremony of its newest plant and test tower in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China. The launch demonstrates the company’s continued investment and...
The future starts now Thyssenkrupp test tower
- Research activities officially launched at the test tower in Rottweil
- The tower will pioneer innovations and transformation in the elevator industry
With the launch of its R&D activities at the test tower in Rottweil,...
Microsoft HoloLens enables Thyssenkrupp to transform the global elevator industry
Thyssenkrupp unveils latest technology to transform the global elevator service industry: Microsoft HoloLens, for enhancing interventions
HoloLens will support technicians prior to and on the job site, significantly reducing service intervention times
This solution...
Merger between KONE and ThyssenKrupp did not go through
German magazine has reported that the Finish company Kone, ranking at number four in the worldwide business with elevators and escalators has proposed in 2015 merger with industrial group ThyssenKrup.
The merger between their elevator...
Thyssenkrupp’s unique TWIN Technology premieres in Atlanta
Thyssenkrupp will install the first TWIN elevator system in the Americas in Atlanta. The TWIN elevator system has two cars that operate independently in one shaft. It makes the most efficient use of available...
MULTI first rope-free elevator system by ThyssenKrupp
The era of the rope-dependent elevator is now over, 160 years after its invention. ThyssenKrupp places linear motors in elevator cabins, transforming conventional elevator transportation in vertical metro systems. MULTI elevator technology increases transport...
TWIN two elevators in one hoistway
The idea of having two independent elevators in the same shaft dates back in the 1930s, but it took modern-day technology to turn it into the reality. To make this system work and achieve...
ThyssenKrupp donates elevator
ThyssenKrupp Elevator's vice president of sustainability, Brad Nemeth, joined representatives from the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) to celebrate the opening of the center's Living Laboratory in Boston's Innovation District. The new...
ThyssenKrupp endura MRL
The endura MRL combines the no nonsense functionality of hydraulics and a truly machine room-less design- perfect for low-rise buildings. It allows for the maximization of building space while keeping construction coordination and costs...
ThyssenKrupp to build $55.5mn German test tower
Elevator giants ThyssenKrupp are to build a landmark 244m elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany.
And it is hoped the 40mn Euro ($55.5mn) development will help the company boost its presence in the Middle East.
The...
Elevator companies can use GPS to keep tabs on workers
Two elevator companies in British Columbia, Canada can continue to use GPS technology to keep tabs on their employees after the province's information commissioner rejected workers' complaints that the practice was an unfair --...
ThyssenKrupp introduces vegetable-based hydraulic fluid
In Georgia, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas has introduced enviromax, the elevator industry’s first performance-improving vegetable based-hydraulic fluid for use in hydraulic elevators.
“Enviromax is formulated from materials that have minimal effects on the environment and offers...
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Canada replacing faulty sheave jammers
A company that built more than 2,000 elevators with faulty brake devices has agreed to pay $12 million to firms that had to repair them, to cover their costs — including the Toronto Community...
ThyssenKrupp World Trade Center and Time Square elevators infringing Schindler’s patents
Elevators at the World Trade Center and Times Square made by ThyssenKrupp AG contain technology that a Schindler Holding AG unit said infringes one of its patents.
According to a filing in federal court in...
ThyssenKrupp cars running on propane
ThyssenKrupp Elevator, the largest producer of elevators in the Americas, knows the ups and downs of running a successful business. With more than 13,500 employees, 200+ branch and service locations, and more than $2.7...
ThyssenKrupp Recalling 670 Residential Elevators
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announce that ThyssenKrupp Access Manufacturing LLC agreed to recall about 670 residential elevators due to a fall hazard to customers.
ThyssenKrupp is recalling LEV II ,Volant and Rise residential elevators...