2007'02.11.Sun
Otis featured on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah Island
October 04, 2006
FARMINGTON, Conn., Oct. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Otis
Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
(NYSE: UTX), will install 70 Gen2(R) elevators and eight
escalators in a major residential development on Dubai's
landmark Palm Jumeirah Island. The Island, one of Dubai's
trilogy of distinctive manmade islands known as The Palms,
will include 860 luxury apartments, 44,000 square meters of
retail and office space and several
five-star hotels along its 2-kilometer (1.24-mile) long
"trunk" called the "Golden Mile" -- all
connected by a monorail.
Otis continues to strengthen its presence in Dubai,
which has emerged as the commercial capital of the Middle
East and an impressive engine of growth, featuring such
world renowned developments as Burj Dubai. At more than 700
meters (2,297 feet), Burj will be the tallest tower in the
world when completed in 2008. Last year, Otis secured a $36
million contract to provide 66 elevators and escalators for
the Burj tower.
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.
CONTACT:
Tizz Weber
Director Communications
Otis Elevator Company
Tel: +1-860-676-6127
Email: Tizz.Weber@Otis.com
SOURCE Otis Elevator Company
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