On December 20, the fourth Sunday of Advent, thyssenkrupp transformed its test tower in Rottweil, Germany, into the tallest candle in the world. thyssenkrupp Elevator CEO Andreas Schierenbeck: “thyssenkrupp lights up a beacon of inspiration for technologies of the future which can transform cities into the best ever places to live.”
thyssenkrupp shines a light: test tower for elevator innovations became tallest candle in the world
On December 20, the fourth Sunday of Advent, thyssenkrupp transformed its test tower in Rottweil, Germany, into the tallest candle in the world. thyssenkrupp Elevator CEO Andreas Schierenbeck: “thyssenkrupp lights up a beacon of inspiration for technologies of the future which can transform cities into the best ever places to live.”
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thyssenkrupp Elevator
thyssenkrupp Elevator brings together the Group’s global activities in passenger transportation systems. With sales of 7.2 billion euros in fiscal 2014/2015 and customers in 150 countries, thyssenkrupp Elevator built its position as one of the world’s leading elevator companies from scratch in a mere 40 years’ time applying thyssenkrupp unique engineering capabilities. With more than 50,000 highly skilled employees, the company offers smart and innovative products and services designed to meet customers’ individual requirements. The 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. Over 900 locations around the world provide an extensive sales and service network to guarantee closeness to customers.
thyssenkrupp
thyssenkrupp is a diversified industrial group with traditional strengths in materials and a growing share of capital goods and services businesses. Around 155,000 employees in nearly 80 countries work with passion and technological expertise to develop high-quality products and intelligent industrial processes and services for sustainable progress. Their skills and commitment are the basis of our success. In fiscal year 2014/2015 thyssenkrupp generated sales of around €43 billion.
Together with our customers we develop competitive solutions for the challenges of the future in the areas Mechanical, Plant and Materials. With our engineering expertise we enable our customers to gain an edge in the global market and manufacture innovative products in a cost- and resource-friendly way. For us, technical progress and innovations, allied with the combined strength of the Group, are key factors enabling us to meet current and future customer and market requirements around the world, grow on the markets of the future, and generate strong and stable earnings, cash flows and value growth.
20 December 2015
