thyssenkrupp Elevator recently celebrates the groundbreaking of its new Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC), featuring a state-of-the-art, 420-foot (128-m)-tall elevator test tower. The tower is the tallest of its kind in the U.S. and one of the tallest in the world and anchors thyssenkrupp Elevator’s new North American headquarters next to the SunTrust Park.
With 18 shafts, the elevator test tower will be used to trial new concepts and product pilots, including high-speed elevators and TWIN, thyssenkrupp’s unique elevator system that features two cabins working independently in one shaft. The IQC will also test MULTI, the revolutionary rope-less and sideways-moving elevator system. In addition, the test tower will conduct robust tests to ensure compliance with stringent safety requirements on standard elevators.
The thyssenkrupp Elevator North American headquarters will be home to more than 900 full-time employees across three facilities, centralizing many scattered U.S. sites at one location and thus significantly reducing office rental costs and travel costs.
The IQC tower joins a global network of towers, with others in Rottweil, Germany, and Zhongshan, China. Collectively, they allow thyssenkrupp to innovate urban mobility around the globe.
