Otis Wins China's Top Science and Technology Award

Otis Wins China's Top Science and Technology Award

April 11, 2006

    FARMINGTON, Conn., April 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The
Chinese government has recognized Otis Elevator Company's
Gen2(R) flat-belt machine-roomless elevator as one of the
"Top 10 Architectural and Technology
Achievements" in China last year.  Otis, a unit of
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), is the first
elevator company to receive this award, considered to be
the most prestigious in China's construction industry.

    According to one government official and member of the
award committee, the Gen2 elevator's space-saving,
energy-efficient and environment-friendly design, as
featured in the Nanjing Olympic Sports and Guangzhou
International Convention and Exhibition centers,
"perfectly incorporates the country's strategy of
sustainable development."

    "We are honored to be the first elevator company
to earn this distinction from the Chinese government,"
said Ari Bousbib, Otis president. "This award reflects
Otis' commitment to `green' buildings and our strong
support for China's sustainable development policy."

    This is the second national award for the Gen2
elevator.  In 2005, the China Environmental Protection
Foundation gave Otis the Green Product Award for the Gen2
elevator's environment-friendly technology.

    Otis' patented Gen2 flat-belt drive system and gearless
machine do not require any form of lubrication, eliminating
the need for storage, cleanup and disposal of hazardous
waste.  The Gen2 system is also 50 to 75 percent more
energy efficient than conventional elevators because its
low-inertia, permanent magnet gearless machine with
variable frequency control eliminates energy loss that
occurs in more traditional geared systems.  In addition,
the machine-roomless design saves valuable building space.


    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.

    For more information, please contact:

     Tizz Weber, 
     Director of Communications,
     Otis Elevators
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

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