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Zephinie's historic archives of the Vertical Escape Technology:

United Technologies-Otis Spain 

 

In September 1976 Zardoya OTIS subsidiary of United Technologies in Spain acquired the exclusive license of the ZEC vertical evacuation for the Spanish territories.

Since 1977 Zardoya Otis (Madrid, Spain) Subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (Standord, USA) has legally exploited the ZEC technology under exclusive license agreement and under the MEVO™ trade mark acronym for Manga de Evacuation Vertical Otis. 

Otis Spain SA formerly named Zardoya Otis SA

Departamiento Mevo
Pza. Del Liceo, 3
Madrid, Spain.
Director of the department since 20 years:
Sr. Antonio Comellas.

Actually United Technologies Corp. and Otis Elevator answer to the press persons in the USA that they are not, or never been involved with the ZEC Vertical Escape chute technology.  

UTC- Otis eventual denial in the USA of been the legal marketers of the only worldwide proven high-rise escape technology during a quarter of century, oblige C to publish the herein documents:

The fact that Zardoya Otis (Madrid,Spains) Subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (Standord, USA)  has legally exploited the ZEC during 25 years under the MEVO™ is reported in hundred of Press and government public documents and legal documents in possession of Gerard Zephinie.  

Press clip from the newspaper: Sol de España
Sunday April 1981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: zoom of picture where UTC-Otis local spokeman  declare to the spanish press that the  Otis" Vertical Escape Chute has height limit to evacuate 20 to 30 persons per minutes, including unconscious person  eventually across fire zones.

High definition image of the document available on request

 

Zephinie's historical archives of the Vertical Escape Technology:
Referenring to period 1976-1988  Spain

Commercial Brochure used by Zardoya Otis SA,  subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. USA in Spain, to market under Exclusive license G. Zephinie's invention under the Acronym of MEVO for Manga de Evacuacion Vertical Otis.
Publication ref.: Mod. 5101 ZO 10.000 (12.76)
Contract of exclusive marketing of the Zephinie escape chute Spanish patent signed in Sep.1976

Zardoya Otis SA advertising article published in the Spanish press (1981)

This page address: http://escape-chute.freewwwtools.org/doc/mevo1.htm

Main site: http://escape-chute.freewwwtools.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zardoya Otis SA advertising article published in the Spanish press (1981)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First  23 stories high-rise office tower installed of ZEC-ME by UTC-Zardoya Otis in Madrid , Spain. (1981)

document Ref: mevo # em1981M is part of  original UTC-Zardoya Otis commercial bonded brochure of 51 pages including prestigious results and references of a period of 12 years of commercialization

Editied Circa 1988   

ZEC's Inventor archives: Ref: mevo # em1981M

Cover page hereby reproduced:

 

 

 

 

 

 

* MEVO™ trade mark acronym for Manga de Evacuation Vertical Otis.

 

Epilogue

After the unfair decision of the board of United Technologies Corp. in 1977 to censure  Mr. Hubert Faure ( President of Otis Elevator Corp world's operations in1977) project to start a US National Public Relation Campaign of public interest including demonstration of the ZEC in the USA. 
UTC's Board started to enforce a systematic information's disavowal in the USA regarding the evidence  that the ZEC was marketed by UTC's European subsidiaries.  ( note #1)