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 ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) is likely to appoint company veteran Peter Walker to succeed Andreas Schierenbeck as the chief executive of its elevators unit, two people familiar with ...

FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Finland's Kone is assessing the viability of a bid for Thyssenkrupp's 14 billion euro ($15.7 billion) elevators division even as the German conglomerate pursues plans ...

A Columbia University study found that New York office workers spent a collective 5.9 years riding in elevators–and 16.6 years waiting for elevators. And that was just in 2010. ThyssenKrupp is ...

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 ...

Kone signalled its interest in buying Thyssenkrupp's elevator business on Wednesday, with the Finnish firm's CEO Henrik Ehrnrooth saying it was an "ideal match". Widely seen as a likely bidder for ...

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 ...

Think back to the last time you were in a lobby jam. You know, that pileup of people all waiting for an elevator. Someone has already hit the “Up” button. But as the seconds pass, they seem like ...

Finland’s Kone Oyj is facing an uphill battle in its attempt to acquire Thyssenkrupp AG’s prized elevator unit as a crucial deadline approaches, people familiar with the matter said. Thyssenkrupp ...

Kone Oyj’s Chief Executive Officer Henrik Ehrnrooth wants a full merger with Thyssenkrupp AG’s elevator unit, as the Finnish firm prepares a bid for its German rival’s crown jewel that could thwart ...