Record Otis Win in Denmark

Otis elevator company

Record Otis Win in Denmark

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, October 5 /PRNewswire/ --

Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), will supply 62 Gen2(R) Comfort elevators for a new apartment complex in Copenhagen's Orestad district. Hoffmann A/S, a subsidiary of Veidekke -- a leading construction and development company in Scandinavia -- awarded the contract, Otis' largest ever in Denmark.

"Our business relationship with Otis extends back many years and is based on the company's proven, reliable equipment and services," said Gert Olsen, managing director of Hoffmann Development, and Joan Clausen, director of the company's apartment sector.

The Gen2 Comfort system is the latest model in Otis' Gen2 family of elevators. It serves the residential and small-scale commercial markets and delivers the same energy savings, environmental benefits, reliability and quiet operation of Otis' Gen2 system. The Gen2 elevator's patented flat-belt technology requires no lubrication and delivers twice the energy efficiency of traditional geared elevators.

Otis Elevator Company is the world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products including elevators, escalators and moving walkways. With headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut, Otis employs 60,000 people, offers products and services in more than 200 countries and territories and maintains 1.5 million elevators and escalators worldwide. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries.

Web site: www.otis.com