Professional Documents
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Year
escalator Origin Note Logo
established
brands
Northampton,
Express Lift United 1917 Acquired by Otis in 1997.
Kingdom
Elevator and
Year
escalator Origin Note Logo
established
brands
United
A & P Steven Kingdom 1850 Defunct.
(Scotland)
Bought Reliable Elevator
United Co. in 1985, and
Amtech 1968
States became Amtech Reliable
Elevator Co..
Reformed to the Anlev Elex
Anlev Canada ?
Elevator in 2008.
Reformed from
Anlev Elex Hong Kong 2008
both Anlev and Elex in 2008.
United
Armor 1938 Acquired by Kone in 1981.
States
Elevator division merged with
ASEA Sweden 1883
Graham Brothers in 1962.
United
Bennie Lifts 1900s Acquired by Kone in 1986.
Kingdom
CNIM France ?
Founded by Corrado
Daldoss, it's now a company
specializing service, freight,
Daldoss Italy 1945
compact and machine room
less elevators, and platform
lifts.
Acquired by Schindler in
Deve Sweden 1923
1990.
Acquired by ThyssenKrupp in
Dong Yang South Korea 1966
2003.
Febuary
Doppler Lifts Greece
2000
Elevators Pty.
Australia 1955 Acquired by Kone in 1987. TBA
Ltd.
Reformed to the Anlev Elex
Elex Lifts Italy 1985
Elevator in 2008.
United
Ellis &
Kingdom 1964 Acquired by Kone in 1992
McDougall
(Scotland)
Leichester,
Evans Lifts United 1919 Acquired by Otis in 1982. TBA
Kingdom
Falconi Italy 1890's Acquired by Otis in 1984.
General
United Bought out by ABM in 1968,
Elevator Corp. Unknown
States forming Amtech
(CA, older)
Founded in 1951 as Huzhou
Elevator Factory. In 2005, the
Zhejiang,
Giant 1951 company made a joint-
China
venture with Kone called
GiantKONE Elevator Co. Ltd.
Changed to LG (Lucky
GoldStar South Korea 1968
Goldstar) in 1995.
Guangri China 1996 Based in Guangzhou.
Acquired by Dover in 1971,
Hammond & United
1905 and hence later merged
Champness Kingdom
into Thyssen in 1999.
Founded in Toledo, OH by
Nataniel Haughton. It was
United
Haughton 1890 bought by Schindler in 1979
States
and later became Schindler
Haughton.
Was the largest family-held
Stuttgart, elevator company in
Haushahn 1889
Germany Germany. It was acquired by
Schindler in 1998.
Guangdong,
IFE 1988
China
Omega September
Spain
Elevators 1989
A major German engineering
company which specialize
railway vehicles, construction
Orenstein &
Germany 1876 equipment, elevators, and
Koppel
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
Spain 1982
Vitoria
Bought by Thyssen AG in
1973 and changed to
Rheinstahl Germany Unknown
Thyssen Industrie AG in
1976.
Acquired by Schindler in
Schlieren Switzerland 1895
1960.
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 Year
Origin Note Logo
escalator established
brands
Elevator and
Year
escalator Origin Note Logo
established
brands
A merging brand
between Otis and LG Elevators in
South South Korea. The brand was
LG-OTIS 2000
Korea renamed to OTIS-LG Elevator
Company in 2003 and later Otis
Elevator Company in 2006.
Merging brand
between Kone and Marryat &
Kone Marryat United Scott, founded shortly after Kone
1979
Scott Kingdom bought Marryat & Scott in 1979.
This brand name was used for
few times until in the late 1980s.
Formed
Montgomery United after Kone bought Montgomery.
1994
KONE States The brand name was officially
defunct in 1999.
Founded when Schindler bought
Schindler United
1979 out Haughton. The brand lasted
Haughton States
until 1989.
Founded when Thyssen bought
Thyssen United out Dover. The company finished
1999
Dover States merging with Krupp in 2001 to
form ThyssenKrupp.
Formed after ThyssenKrupp
bought Dong Yang. The brand
ThyssenKrupp South October
was defunct in 2008 and now
Dongyang Korea 2003
known simply as ThyssenKrupp in
South Korea.
Elevator and
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escalator Origin Note Logo
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