FARMINGTON, Conn--15 Mar--PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), was awarded a contract to supply and install 120 elevators for the Shunfa Jiajing Tiancheng residential complex in Hangzhou, the capital of China's Zhejiang Province. The award, by Shunfa Hengye Company, is Otis' largest ever in the coastal Province, which is home to 43 million people. ( Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060314/NETU009 ) "We are pleased to inaugurate our new partnership with Shunfa Hengye Company with this milestone award, and we appreciate their confidence in Otis' demonstrated ability to deliver superior products and services," said Ari Bousbib, Otis president. The Shunfa Jiajing Tiancheng complex will comprise 39 apartment buildings ranging from three to 27 stories in height. When completed in June, Otis will maintain the 120 units. "In addition to Otis' excellent reputation and product quality, Otis provided an impressive and complete plan of production, installation and maintenance," said Chen Rui, deputy general manager of Shunfa Hengye Co. "With Otis' Shaoshan Customer Service Center nearby to help us with our service needs, we were confident Otis would meet our needs quickly and efficiently." 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 TechnologiesCorp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries. Contact: Tizz Weber Director, Communications 860-676-6127 [email protected] SOURCE: Otis Elevator Company CONTACT: Tizz Weber, Director, Communications of Otis Elevator Company +1-860-676-6127, [email protected] Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060314/NETU009 AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk: [email protected] Web site: http://www.otis.com --Distributed by AsiaNet ( www.asianetnews.net )--