G1TOWER Scheduled for Completion in April

Hitachi, Ltd. announced that in April of this year, it will complete the “G1TOWER,” a research tower that is currently under construction at an elevator R&D and manufacturing base in Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Measuring 213 meters above ground, this will be the tallest elevator research facility in the world. Utilizing the unprecedented height of this new research tower, Hitachi will conduct verification tests on the world’s...