FARMINGTON, Conn., Dec. 1 -- PRNewswire/ AsiaNet Otis, a unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), was awarded contracts to supply and install 120 Gen2(TM) machine-roomless elevators, escalators and Trav-O-Lator(R) moving walkways for expansions to a major hospital in Norway and to one of the largest shopping malls in Sweden. "The demand for machine-roomless elevators continues to increase throughout the world and Otis is proud to be the leader in this fast growing segment with our unique flat belt-driven Gen2 system," said Otis President Ari Bousbib. "These two major contract wins demonstrate the confidence our customers have in the safety, reliability and functionality of the full range of Otis products." In Norway, Otis will provide 38 units -- including 10 Gen2 elevators and 24 bed lifts -- for the Nye Ahus Hospital, a university hospital under construction at Lorenskog outside Oslo. Ahus (short for Akershus University) Hospital is a Norwegian Health Authority facility owned by the state. The 1.47 million-square-foot (137,000-square-meter) expansion, scheduled for completion in October 2008, will allow the hospital to provide services to 340,000 people in Akershus and North Oslo. In Sweden, Otis will provide 82 units -- consisting of 52 Gen2 elevators, 26 escalators and four Trav-O-Lator moving walkways -- to the Skarholmen Centrum shopping mall. The contract includes an option for Otis to supply 26 more escalators and 19 more Gen2 elevators. Skarholmen Centrum, originally built in the 1960s, will expand retail floor space from 409,000 square feet (38,000 square meters) to more than 645,000 square feet (60,000 square meters), making it among the largest shopping centers in Sweden when completed in 2008. 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 more than 1.45 million elevators and escalators worldwide. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the commercial building and to the aerospace industries. SOURCE: Otis Elevator Company CONTACT: Tizz Weber, Director, Communications Programs +1-860-676-6127, [email protected] Web site: http://www.otis.com --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--