Thyssenkrupp has built the first rope (cable) free elevator. This will enable system like the Star Trek Turbolift which can move up down and side to side. This is elevator industry’s holy grail. It ...

Vertical transport reinvented the city. Now, engineers are looking sideways and digitally to create a new kind of interconnected urban area.

The possibilities (and limits) of lifts are the historical reason our cities are shaped the way they are – and now the UltraRope elevator cables promise to transform them yet again Welcome to ...

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - December 01, 2014) - ThyssenKrupp, a global technologies and materials group, unveiled its new MULTI elevator technology, enabling the vertical and horizontal operation of ...

Elevators are absolutely vital in tall buildings, but they have their limits -- they can only move so quickly, and they can't usually move sideways to fetch you from the far side of a building. Both ...