Govt orders Hitachi elevators, escalators for railway project
HITACHI elevator Philippines Corp. is supplying the government with 67 units of elevators and escalators for the Northsouth Commuter Railway (NSCR) Phase 1, the largest single order for its business in the Philippines.
In a statement, the company said it received the order for the 38-kilometer Malolos-tutuban line, which will have seven stations that will serve approximately 200,000 commuters per day. Broken down, hitachi will be supplying 21 elevators and 46 escalators for the whole project.
The units, which will be manufactured in factories in Thailand and China, will be installed by May 2023.
“This is the first elevator and escalator order received in railway project for hitachi in the Philippines. however, hitachi got many orders in Japan and China when the railway expansion project launched. hitachi appealed its products actively and met customer’s needs finely. The customers seem to evaluate these points,” the company said.
The company noted that even with the pandemic, it remains bullish in the elevator and escalator market as it is expected to “expand significantly on account of increasing urbanization and rapid expansion of [the] construction sector in the coming years.”
“hitachi will continue to broadly use cutting-edge digital technology, including the Internet of Things, to develop products and services, and globally provide safe, secure and comfortable elevators and escalators as well as services that help resolve customers’ issues in urban spaces to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.”