Otis Elevator Co, a unit of United
Technologies Corp, won two contracts to supply and install 174 elevators and
escalators for a new super mall in Mumbai and a major IT complex in Pune. The
awards are the largest to date for Otis in India, according to an Otis press
release.
Otis will install 62 elevators and 28
escalators at the 1.1-million-square-foot (102,190-square-meter) Dreams Mall in
Mumbai.
In Pune, a thriving center for India's
software and IT industries, Otis will provide 84 elevators for the Eon Free
Zone. This 45-acre complex will feature technology "clusters" comprised of
software development, business process outsourcing (BPO) and 24/7 call center
businesses.
About Otis: 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 60,000 people, offers products and
services in more than 200 countries and territories and maintains 1.5
million elevators and escalators worldwide. United Technologies Corp., based in
Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology
products and services to the building and aerospace industries.