ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas, one of the world's leading manufacturers, installers and service providers of vertical and horizontal transportation technology, announced that BUILDINGS magazine has selected its Geared to Gearless modernization system as a 2012 Money-Saving Product. Geared to Gearless is part of an elite group of 78 products that is showcased in the magazine's June 2012 issue.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator's gearless system works by using a high-efficiency motor directly integrated with the drive sheave, eliminating the geared assembly and achieving up to 95 percent machine efficiency. The Geared to Gearless solution includes a regenerative drive, which captures waste energy from the system, feeding it back into the building's power grid. This allows ThyssenKrupp's technology to help customers attain their own sustainability goals for energy reduction. Other benefits include:
Sustainability
- Decreased energy costs through reduced power consumption
- Energy captured and reused
- Improved indoor-environmental air quality
- Efficiency
- Quicker floor-to-floor travel time
- Increased reliability and longevity of a customer's elevator system
- Increased Property Value
- Superior ride quality
- Quiet environment inside the machine room and cab
- Elimination of excessive oil and dust in the machine room
"As America's largest producer of elevators, we are demonstrating leadership in corporate responsibility, and this recognition from BUILDINGS underscores our commitment," said Brad Nemeth, Director of Sustainability for ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas. "The Geared to Gearless modernization system creates an innovative and cost-effective solution that building owners and facility managers can implement to eliminate waste, increase energy efficiency and improve indoor air quality."
BUILDINGS serves over 74,000 building owners and professional facilities managers in North America. The monthly publication helps readers make smarter decisions relevant to the management, modernization, and operation of their facilities.
About ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas
ThyssenKrupp is a diversified industrial group. It has 170,000 employees in over 80 countries developing ideas and innovations into solutions for sustainable progress. In fiscal year 2010/2011 ThyssenKrupp generated sales of €49 billion.
For us innovations and technical progress are key factors in managing global growth and using finite resources in a sustainable way. With our engineering expertise in the areas of "Material", "Mechanical" and "Plant", we enable our customers to gain an edge in the global market and manufacture innovative products in a cost and resource efficient way.
The Elevator Technology business area brings together the ThyssenKrupp Group's global activities in passenger transportation systems. With more than 46,000 employees, sales of 5.3 billion euros in fiscal 2010/2011 and customers in 150 countries, ThyssenKrupp Elevator is one of the world's leading elevator companies. Its portfolio includes passenger and freight elevators, escalators and moving walks, passenger boarding bridges, stair and platform lifts as well as tailored service solutions for all products. 900 locations around the world provide an extensive sales and service network to guarantee closeness to customers.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas is the largest producer of elevators in the Americas, with more than 13,500 employees, more than 200 branch and service locations, and sales of more than $2.7 billion. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas oversees all business for the operations in the United States, Canada, Central and South America. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG.
ThyssenKrupp companies in North America offer a range of products and services, including premium carbon steel; high-performance alloys; automotive components and systems; elevators, escalators, moving walks and passenger boarding bridges; and material trading, logistical and industrial services. In fiscal year 2010/2011, ThyssenKrupp companies in Canada, the United States and Mexico employed approximately 24,600 and recorded sales of nearly $12 billion.