by Rebecca Walker — February 22, 2010—Schindler Elevator Corporation has been awarded a $40.8 million contract with Los Angeles World Airports to install 60 escalators and four moving walkways at Los Angeles International Airport as well as to modernize six existing hydraulic elevators.
The contract includes the removal of the existing escalators and moving walks and the installation of new equipment, including 60 Schindler 9700 escalators and four Schindler 9500 moving walks. The company will also modernize six passenger elevators and provide maintenance on all 70 units for at least five years.
The contract is part of the airport’s ongoing effort to replace 285 older elevators, escalators and moving walkways with more efficient equipment that uses newer technology.
Schindler Elevator Corporation designs, manufactures, installs, services and modernizes a broad range of elevators, escalators and moving walks for almost every building type. For more information, see the Schindler Web site.
