Elevator and escalator brands.docx

Elevator and escalator brands

Origin

Year established

Note

Dover

United States

1955

Formerly known as Rotary Lift. Acquired by Thyssen in 1999.

Express Lift

Northampton, United Kingdom

1917

Acquired by Otis in 1997.

Fujitec

Osaka, Japan

1948

Hyundai

South Korea

1984

Kone

Fourth largest elevator manufacturer in the world. It is also the pioneer of machine room less elevator system.

Finland

1910

Mitsubishi

Japan

1931 (elevator division)

Otis

United States

1853

The largest elevator manufacturer in the world.

1874

Second largest elevator manufacturer in the world, and the largest escalator manufacturer in the world.

2000

A subsidiary company of Otis Elevator Korea in South Korea, this is a brand for overseas/export markets. Basically their elevators are Otis made in South Korea but branded as Sigma.

Schindler

Sigma

Switzerland

Changwon, South Korea

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Thyssen

Germany

1871

Defunct as part of the merger with Krupp to form ThyssenKrupp.

thyssenkrupp

Germany

1999

Third largest elevator manufacturer in the world.

Other historic or small companies These are some other historic or small elevator and escalator companies that are only found in certain countries. Elevator and escalator brands

Origin

Year established

Note

A & P Steven

United Kingdom (Scotland)

1850

Defunct.

Amtech

United States

1968

Bought Reliable Elevator Co. in 1985, and became Amtech Reliable Elevator Co..

Anlev

Canada

?

Reformed to the Anlev Elex Elevator in 2008.

Anlev Elex

Hong Kong

2008

Reformed from both Anlev and Elex in 2008.

Armor

United States

1938

Acquired by Kone in 1981.

ASEA

Sweden

1883

Elevator division merged with Graham Brothers in 1962.

Asea Graham

Sweden

1960s

Acquired by Kone in 1968.

Atlas (Brazil)

Brazil

1918

Elevadores Atlas S.A. or simply known as Atlas. It was

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acquired by Schindler in 1999 then become Atlas Schindler. Automobile Rotary Lift Co.

United States

1925

Changed to Dover Corp. in 1955.

Axel Lifts

Italy

1989

Bennie Lifts

United Kingdom

1900s

Acquired by Kone in 1986.

Boral

Australia

?

Elevator division was taken over by Otis in 1995.

CNIM

France

?

Daldoss

Italy

1945

Founded by Corrado Daldoss, it's now a company specializing service, freight, compact and machine room less elevators, and platform lifts.

Deve

Sweden

1923

Acquired by Schindler in 1990.

Dong Yang

South Korea

1966

Acquired by ThyssenKrupp in 2003.

Doppler Lifts

Greece

Febuary 2000

Electra

Israel

1945

Elevators Pty. Ltd.

Australia

1955

Acquired by Kone in 1987.

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Elex Lifts

Italy

1985

Reformed to the Anlev Elex Elevator in 2008.

Ellis & McDougall

United Kingdom (Scotland)

1964

Acquired by Kone in 1992

Evans Lifts

Leichester, United Kingdom

1919

Acquired by Otis in 1982.

Falconi

Italy

1890's

Acquired by Otis in 1984.

Fiam

Italy

1939

Acquired by Kone in 1985.

General Elevator Corp. (CA, older)

United States

Unknown

Bought out by ABM in 1968, forming Amtech

Giant

Zhejiang, China

1951

Founded in 1951 as Huzhou Elevator Factory. In 2005, the company made a jointventure with Kone called GiantKONE Elevator Co. Ltd.

GoldStar

South Korea

1968

Changed to LG (Lucky Goldstar) in 1995.

Guangri

China

1996

Based in Guangzhou.

Hammond & Champness

United Kingdom

1905

Acquired by Dover in 1971, and hence later merged into Thyssen in 1999.

1890

Founded in Toledo, OH by Nataniel Haughton. It was bought by Schindler in 1979 and later became Schindler Haughton.

Haughton

United States

Haushahn

Stuttgart, Germany

1889

Was the largest family-held elevator company in Germany. It was acquired by Schindler in 1998.

Hitachi

Japan

1910

Elevator division was established in the 1920s.

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Hosting

Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

1993

IFE

Guangdong, China

1988

Imperial (New York)

United States

?

Imperial (New York) likely no longer exists.

Indolift

Surabaya, Indonesia

1980s

Absorbed by Kone and became PT. Kone Indo Elevator.

Inter-Up

Israel

Unknown

Isralift

Israel

1961

IZAMET

Bulgaria

1989

J&E Hall

United Kingdom

1785

Elevator and escalator division was acquired by Otis in 1967.

Johns & Waygood

Australia

1892

Acquired by Perry Engineering in the 1970s.

Kfir

Israel

1975

Kiesling

United States

?

Kiesling likely no longer exists.

Kleemann

Kilkis, Greece

1983

2% of new installations worldwide.

K.M. White

United States

?

K.M. White was bought out by Armor.

Koppel A.W.

Italy

1958

Founded by Ningbo Xinda Group in 1993

Acquired by Kone in 2013.

LG

South Korea

1995

An elevator and escalator division of LG Electronics. It was acquired by Otis in 1999.

MAN

Germany

1895

Elevator division was taken over by Thyssen in 1984 and became Thyssen-MAN.

1860s

Acquired by Kone in 1979. Kone-MarryatScott brand was used until the late 1980s on certain applications.

Marryat & Scott

United Kingdom

Miami Elevator

United States

Unknown

A former elevator company based in Miami, FL and it puts its label on most DOVER elevators. Most are not installations, but are modernizations.

Montgomery

United States

1892

Acquired by Kone in 1994.

Morris Vermaport

Nottingham, United Kingdom

1979

This company also manufactures shopping cart conveyors worldwide.

MP Lifts

Spain

1990

Nippon (Japan)

Japan

1954

Omega Elevators

Spain

September 1989

Orenstein & Koppel

Germany

1876

Acquired by Schindler in 1987.

A major German engineering company which specialize railway vehicles, construction equipment, elevators, and escalators. Kone bought the escalator division in 1987 and was branded as "O&K

KONE". The remaining shares of O&K were bought by Kone in 1995. Orona/Electra Vitoria

Spain

Payne

United States

1902

Formerly installed elevators. Now, they maintain, and possibly modernize elevators.

Peerless

United States

?

Peerless likely no longer exists.

Pickerings Lifts

United Kingdom

1854

The largest and oldest independent elevator manufacturer in the United Kingdom.

1876

Elevator division was split from the company and taken over by Rheinstahl in 1970.

Existed in 1983

Founded by former U.S. elevator employees. In 1985, they were bought out by Amtech.

R. Stahl

Reliable Elevator Co.

Germany

United States

1982

Rheinstahl

Germany

Unknown

Bought by Thyssen AG in 1973 and changed to Thyssen Industrie AG in 1976.

Sabiem

Italy

?

Acquired by Kone in 1987.

Schlieren

Switzerland

1895

Acquired by Schindler in 1960.

Seaberg

United States

1915

Based in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. They installed elevators in New York. Defunct no earlier than 1980.

SEC Elevators

Slovenia

1967

Serge

United States

Unknown

Based in New York, NY. It was bought by Fujitec in 2001. Also known as Shenyang BLT or simply BLT, it is the largest self-owned elevator company in China, and a parent company of Shenyang Yuanda Enterprise Group in China.

Shenyang Brilliant

China

September 2001

SITES

Italy

1964

SJEC

China

1992

Staley

United States

1899

Based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They installed elevators in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Defunct no earlier than 1998, possibly defunct in 2004.

Stannah

United Kingdom

1867

A company that also manufactures stairlifts and sold them in some countries. The first elevator manufacturer in Italy. It was acquired by Otisin 1947.

Stigler

Italy

1860

Technos

Bulgaria

1993

Thyman

Thailand

1977

Toshiba

Japan

1966 (elevator division)

Triboro

United States

?

Triboro likely no longer exists.

U.S. Elevator

United States

1970

Was part of Cubic Corporation. Acquired by ThyssenKrupp in 2000.

Was a distributor of Kone in Thailand from 1993 and was acquired by Kone in 2005.

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Výtahy Ostrava

Czech Republic

1947

Based in Ostrava.

Waygood & Co.

United Kingdom

1903

Merged with Otis in 1914.

Westinghouse

United States

1945

Acquired by Schindler in 1988.

1966

Was a distributor of Hitachi elevators in Taiwan. It has a sister company called Shanghai Yungtay Elevator Equipment Co. Ltd.

1965

A Polish elevator brand formed in 1965 based in Warsaw. Elevators were manufactured under license from ASEA Graham.

Yungtay

ZREMB

Taiwan

Poland

Subsidiary companies These are some elevator companies which are owned by a major elevator company or other corporations, or just elevator and escalator divisions belongs to another corporation. Some of them were founded after a major elevator company had a joint venture with a local elevator company.. Elevator and escalator brands

Chevalier

Origin

Hong Kong, China

Year established

Note

1970

A company which distributes and maintains Toshiba elevators in Hong Kong, mainland China, and Singapore, as well as distributing IFE elevators in Singapore. In addition, it has a long term partnership with Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation.

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Express Evans

United Kingdom

1997

A subsidiary company of Otis in the United Kingdom. It was founded when Otis bought Express Lift. Otis used this brand to sell cheaper elevators, to keep the reputation of the Otis brand.

GiantKONE

Zhejiang, China

2005

Formed when Kone had a joint venture with Zhejiang Giant Holdings Ltd.

1889

Was the largest family-owned elevator company in Germany. It was acquired by Schindler in 1998 and now part of Schindler.

1966

Formerly known as Lift Munich as a supplier of generic elevator parts in Germany. It was a part of Sematic Group since 2000. Until on August 11, 2015, Sematic Group was taken over by Wittur Group. It becomes a subsidiary of Wittur Group.

1937

A company providing marine cargo flow solutions and service, including elevators and escalators for ships. It manufactures elevators used for cruise ships under the name MacGregor-Kone. Since 2005, MacGregor is part of Kone Corporation.

1983

Malaysian subsidiary of Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation. Founded in 1983 as a joint-venture between MS Group and Toshiba. They manufactures elevators and escalators under the name MASHIBA and sells them in Malaysia and to other Southeast Asian countries.

Haushahn

Liftmaterial

MacGregor

Mashiba

Stuttgart, Germany

Germany

Sweden

Malaysia

Shanghai Mitsubishi

Sigma

Xizi Otis

Shanghai, China

South Korea

Hangzhou, China

1987

Subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Elevator.

2000

A subsidiary company of Otis Elevator Korea in South Korea, this is a brand for overseas/export markets. Basically their elevators are Otis made in South Korea but branded as Sigma.

1997

Founded as part of a joint venture between Otis and Xizi Elevator Group in Hangzhou, China. It is Otis's fifth subsidiary companies in China and one of the largest elevator companies in China.

Merging brand companies These were mostly founded or formed after a major company took over a local elevator company, and they usually lasted for only few years. Elevator and escalator brands

LG-OTIS

Kone Marryat Scott

Montgomery KONE

Origin

South Korea

United Kingdom

United States

Year established

Note

2000

A merging brand between Otis and LG Elevators in South Korea. The brand was renamed to OTIS-LG Elevator Company in 2003 and later Otis Elevator Company in 2006.

1979

Merging brand between Kone and Marryat & Scott, founded shortly after Kone bought Marryat & Scott in 1979. This brand name was used for few times until in the late 1980s.

1994

Formed after Kone bought Montgomery. The brand name was officially defunct in 1999.

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Schindler Haughton

United States

Thyssen Dover

United States

ThyssenKrupp Dongyang

South Korea

1979

Founded when Schindler bought out Haughton. The brand lasted until 1989.

1999

Founded when Thyssen bought out Dover. The company finished merging with Krupp in 2001 to form ThyssenKrupp.

October 2003

Formed after ThyssenKrupp bought Dong Yang. The brand was defunct in 2008 and now known simply as ThyssenKrupp in South Korea.

Wheelchair/platform lift companies These are the companies that produces wheelchair/platform lifts for mobility needs. Elevator and escalator brands

Origin

Year established

Note

Aritco

Sweden

1995

One of the world leading manufacturers of platform lifts and home lifts for private homes and public buildings.

Cibes Lift

Sweden

1947

A brand of the Cibes Lift Group which also owns the Kalea Lifts and NTD Lifts brands.

1966

One of the leading Italian manufacturers of elevators for private and public buildings designed for mobility needs.

1898

A brand of the Cibes Lift Group. Their products are Cibes Lift-made but branded and marketed under the Kalea Lifts brand.

Unknown

Now part of Kone. It is a manufacturer of low speed lifts to improve accessibility for people with impaired mobility.

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Kalea Lifts

Motala Hissar

Italy

Italy

Sweden

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Temporary elevator companies These are the companies which provides installations of temporary elevators mostly for construction projects. Elevator and escalator brands

Alimak Hek

RECO

USA Hoist

Origin

Sweden

Netherlands

United States

Year established

Note

1948

A Swedish company providing construction hoists, industrial elevators and work platforms.

2010s

A Dutch company providing temporary elevator installations.

Unknown

A company that manufactures construction hoists, rack & pinion elevators, and rack & pinion inclined elevators.

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