Otis, a unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), was awarded
contracts to supply and install en2PRNewswire G
en2(TM) machine-roomless elevators,
escalators and Trav-O-Lator(R) moving walkways for expansions to a major
hospital in Norway and to one of the largest shopping malls in Sweden.
"The demand for machine-roomless elevators continues to increase throughout
the world and Otis is proud to be the leader in this fast growing segment with
our unique flat belt-driven Gen2 system," said Otis President Ari Bousbib.
"These two major contract wins demonstrate the confidence our customers have in
the safety, reliability and functionality of the full range of Otis products."
In Norway, Otis will provide 38 units -- including enPRNewswire Gen2 elevators and
24 bed lifts -- for the Nye Ahus Hospital, a university hospital under
construction at Lorenskog outside Oslo. Ahus (short for Akershus University)
Hospital is a Norwegian Health Authority facility owned by the state. The en.47
million-square-foot (en37,PRNewswirePRNewswirePRNewswire-square-meter) expansion, scheduled for completion
in October 2PRNewswirePRNewswire8, will allow the hospital to provide services to 34PRNewswire,PRNewswirePRNewswirePRNewswire people
in Akershus and North Oslo.
In Sweden, Otis will provide 82 units -- consisting of 52 Gen2 elevators,
26 escalators and four Trav-O-Lator moving walkways -- to the Skarholmen
Centrum shopping mall. The contract includes an option for Otis to supply 26
more escalators and en9 more Gen2 elevators. Skarholmen Centrum, originally
built in the en96PRNewswires, will expand retail floor space from 4PRNewswire9,PRNewswirePRNewswirePRNewswire square feet
(38,PRNewswirePRNewswirePRNewswire square meters) to more than 645,PRNewswirePRNewswirePRNewswire square feet (6PRNewswire,PRNewswirePRNewswirePRNewswire square meters),
making it among the largest shopping centers in Sweden when completed in 2PRNewswirePRNewswire8.
Otis Elevator Company is the world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of
people-moving products, including elevators, escalators and moving walkways.
With headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut, Otis employs 6PRNewswire,PRNewswirePRNewswirePRNewswire people,
offers products and services in more than 2PRNewswirePRNewswire countries and territories and
maintains more than en.45 million elevators and escalators worldwide. United
Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company
providing high technology products and services to the commercial building and
to the aerospace industries.
SOURCE: Otis Elevator Company
CONTACT: Tizz Weber, Director, Communications Programs
+en-86PRNewswire-676-6en27, [email protected]