HONG KONG--OCT 2--BERNAMA/ASIANET
Otis Elevator Company has been awarded a NT$2.1 billion (US$77 million )contract to supply 287 heavy-duty escalators for Phase 11 of the Taipei Rapid Transit System Project. This is believed to be the Largest escalator contract ever awarded worldwide and represents the largest contract ever won by Otis Elevator.
This landmark award follows closely a major contract won by Otis Elevator in Hong Kong. In September, Otis secured a contract valued at $US19 million to supply 60 units of elevators for the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation for the Lantau-Airport Railway project.
The winning Otis team for the Taipei project comprises Tatung Otis Elevator Company of Taiwan and Otis Escalator Company Gmbb of Germany. They will design, manufacture and install 287 heavy-duty escalators for 44 stations of the Taipei Metropolitan Area Rapid Transit System Equipment will be installed progressively on Hsintien, Nankang, Panchiao, Tamshui and Mucha Lines and at the Pedestrian Mall.
The contract was awarded by the Department of Rapid Transit System, Taipei Municipal Government System E&M Project Office at the public opening of the tender results on Wednesday, Sep 26 1995.
"As the world's leading escalator manufacturer, we are extremely proud and pleased to have won the landmark contract," says Otis President Jean-Pierre Van Rooy. "Our worldwide engineering and manufacturing resources equip us well in continuing to meet the growing demands of the Asia Pacific market which generates more new equipment sales than anywhere else," Van Rooy adds.
A new factory will be build at Taoyuan to manufacture heavy-duty escalators. To be operational from Quarter 3 of 1996, the Taoyuan factory will be supported by Otis' escalator factory and engineering centre at Stadthagen, Germany. Both Stadhagen and the new Taoyuan factories will participate in the production of the 287 units of escalators.
Pier Luigi Foschi, Senior Vice President for Otis Pacific Asia Operations says, "This award is the fine result of close international co-operation of different worldwide expertise to meet the most demanding local market requirements, such as infrastructural projects. The recent two awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan are a relfection of Otis' worldwide capability and expertise.
"The new escalator factory will build upon a transfer of technology from our Otis factory and engineering centre in Germany to Taiwan. This will enable Otis to better serve the future needs of Taiwan and other Asia Pacific markets.
For more information, contact Margaret Gau (Singapore) at 65-330-5307 OR Sharifah Rozita (Malaysia) at 60-3-255-4811
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