Elevator design hasn't progressed very much during the past 160 years, and still comprises cabins which move vertically in a shaft supported by cables. This is inefficient and limiting, taking up a ...

We first heard about Thyssenkrupp’s revolutionary horizontal/vertical elevator system a couple of years ago when it was proposed as a solution for moving people around skyscrapers in a more efficient ...

FRISCO, TX--(Marketwired - October 06, 2016) - Hurricane. Typhoon. Cyclone. Whatever the name, the effects of a storm can last long after it has passed. According to The Weather Channel, the 2016 ...

As cities across the world ease Coronavirus lockdown restrictions, it is important to ensure that the elevators used by millions of people every day remain a comfortable, efficient and secure way of ...

MAX brings elevators into the Internet of Things with highway-like traffic control. Your morning commute might just get faster. Going up? Good luck. A Columbia University study found that New York ...

People laughed when ThyssenKrupp, a company synonymous with elevators, announced it was developing one that goes every which way. Who'd ever heard of such a thing? Everyone knows elevators go just two ...

Looking to expand versatility in building designs, Essen, Germany-based ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG has announced Multi, a cable-less elevator system propelled by magnetic induction. Multi will allow ...

Elevator research and development inside the substantially complete 246-meter-tall thyssenkrupp Elevator AG test and observation tower in Rottweil, Germany, will begin next year, though the lift ...

Willy Wonka: “Going up? This is an ingenious invention that I call the Wonkavator.” Grandpa Joe: “It looks like an elevator to me.” Willy Wonka: “Yes but elevators only go up. The Wonkavator goes up, ...

Stairs are great for a workout and a necessity during emergencies. But when you need to get up several floors fast, nothing beats an elevator. As more people flock to cities with ever-higher ...

ESSEN, Germany/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp has received bids from at least three major bidding groups for a majority stake in Thyssenkrupp's <TKAG.DE> elevator business, four people familiar ...