Otis Wins Record Order in Kuwait

Otis Wins Record Order in Kuwait

September 13, 2006

    FARMINGTON, Conn., Sept. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Otis
Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:
UTX), has won a contract to supply and install 90 escalators
and 48 Gen2(R) Comfort elevators for a 1.6
million-square-foot mall project in Al-Ardiya, Kuwait.  The
order, Otis' largest to date in Kuwait, follows an order
earlier this year for 42 Gen2(R) elevators in Kuwait City.

    "Otis continues to strengthen its presence in
Kuwait due to our experienced local management team as well
as our comprehensive installation and service
capabilities," said Ari Bousbib, Otis president.
"We look forward to this partnership with Al-Waseela
Real Estate Company and to our participation in this
important retail project."

    The Al-Ardiya project will support small industries and
handcrafts.  It includes a central area with individual
studio workshops surrounded by a showroom and mall where
handcrafts can be displayed and sold.

    Otis' Gen2 Comfort elevator brings the same
unparalleled energy savings, reliability and quiet,
environment-friendly operation of the Gen2 family of
elevators to the low-rise residential and small-scale
commercial building market segments.  It can carry loads of
320 kilograms (four people) to 1,000 kilograms (13 people)
at speeds of up to one meter per second.

    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, Communications
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SOURCE  Otis Elevator Company