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Mitsubishi Electric has received an order for 106 elevators,
including three which travel at the world-record speed of 18 meters
per second, for the 632 m high Shanghai Tower currently under
construction in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Tower is expected
to be the tallest building in China when completed in 2014. The
company began shipping the first elevators in the fall of 2011. This
project will also mark two more world records, with a group of four
double-deck elevators that travel at a world-record 10 meters per
second, and the emergency elevator expected to become the
world’s longest-travelling elevator with an operating distance of
578.5 m. To ensure passenger comfort at such high speeds, the
seven elevators expected to
establish new speed records
will incorporate technologies
that reduce lateral vibration
and noise, and compensate
for rapid changes of
atmospheric pressure. |
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Asahi Glass (AGC) ’s Fluon® ETFE¹ Film has been used in the
construction of the Forsyth Barr Stadium² in New Zealand, the
world’s only permanently covered natural turf stadium. It is a
film product made from AGC’s high-performance fluoropolymer
which the company produces start to finish. Fluon ETFE Film,
just 0.2 mm thick, was chosen for its lightness, which facilitated
construction, and its high sunlight transmission rate that exceeds
90% and which creates ideal conditions to enhance visual
spaciousness and cultivate the natural turf. The material is highly
weather-resistant and so has
an exceptionally long life span,
resulting in minimal impact
to the environment. It is also
non-viscous, which makes
it difficult for the surface to
become soiled. |
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| Note 1: Ethylene-TetraFluoroEthylene is a copolymer of ethylene (C2H4) and tetrafluoroethylene (C2F4). |
| Note 2 : Located in Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 and
hosted several notable fixtures in the world’s top rugby event taking place September 9 to
October 23, 2011. It was called the Otago Stadium in this event. |
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The Dubai Metro, a fully automated driverless rail system
serving transportation needs in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), inaugurated the new Green Line on September 9, 2011.
The line was constructed by an international consortium of five companies: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi
Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, Kajima Corporation and Yapi Merkezi Insaat ve Sanayi A.S. of Turkey. Construction of the Green Line, which represents Phase II of the Dubai Metro
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construction project, started in July 2006. Interconnecting at two
stations with the Red Line, which began operation in September
2009, the two lines will serve transportation needs throughout
Dubai’s urban center. The Dubai Metro consists of the Red Line
(the focus of Phase I construction, which runs between Dubai
International Airport and Jebel Ali,
a new area under development
along the coast) and the newly
inaugurated Green Line together
becoming approximately 75 km
in length, it is the world’s longest
driverless rail system. |
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Mitsubishi Estate has been commissioned by the Japan National
Tourism Organization (JNTO) to operate a new Tourist Information
Center (TIC)¹ in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district. The TIC opened on
January 2, 2012. Easily accessible from many major stations in
Tokyo, the TIC aims to create a more welcoming environment and
thereby increase the number of overseas visitors to the Center.
The TIC will be connected to newly renovated Marunouchi Cafe
SEEK on the second
floor which will put on
seminars, workshops,
and gallery exhibitions
as well as serving
as a hub for the
dissemination of
tourist information. |
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| Note 1: TIC is a tourist information center established for overseas travelers visiting Japan and is
directly managed by JNTO. TIC provides free travel information on Japan and is visited by an
average of 100 overseas travelers daily, or some 30,000 annually. |
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