Hitachi to provide world\\\'s fastest elevator

Japan's Hitachi said Monday it will provide the world's fastest elevators, which can clock speeds of up to 72 kilometres per hour, to a high-rise building in China. The lifts will be delivered to the 111-storey, 530-metre tall Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre due to be opened in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in 2016, the electronics and engineering firm said in a press release. They will be able to travel the length of the 440 metre shaft -- from the first to 95th floor -- in a stomach-churning 43 seconds. Hitachi will install a total of 95 elevators at the tower, including two of the superfast lifts, as well as slower machines such as double-decker lifts, the statement said, according to AFP.