Otis Worldwide Corporation, a leading company for elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service, recently released the results of a three-month academic study that investigates how elevator airflow affects potential exposure to the Covid-19 virus and a science-based approach for how to mitigate that exposure in elevators.

Kone, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, is keenly looking at expanding its presence in the GCC and Africa, where its solutions have found a niche in some of the most prestigious projects under way.

Schindler has been selected to deliver and install a total of 129 high-rise elevators for six office towers currently under construction in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, which is designed to become a high-tech model smart city.