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Elevator and

Year
escalator Origin Note Logo
established
brands

Formerly known as Rotary


Dover United States 1955 Lift. Acquired by Thyssen in
1999.

Northampton,
Express Lift United 1917 Acquired by Otis in 1997.
Kingdom

Fujitec Osaka, Japan 1948

Hyundai South Korea 1984


Fourth largest elevator
manufacturer in the world. It
Kone Finland 1910 is also the pioneer
of machine room
less elevator system.
1931
Mitsubishi Japan (elevator
division)
The largest elevator
Otis United States 1853
manufacturer in the world.
Second largest elevator
manufacturer in the world,
Schindler Switzerland 1874
and the largest escalator
manufacturer in the world.
A subsidiary company of
Otis Elevator Korea in South
Korea, this is a brand for
Changwon,
Sigma 2000 overseas/export markets.
South Korea
Basically their elevators are
Otis made in South Korea
but branded as Sigma.
Defunct as part of the
Thyssen Germany 1871 merger with Krupp to
form ThyssenKrupp.

Third largest elevator


thyssenkrupp Germany 1999
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
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.

Asea Graham Sweden 1960s Acquired by Kone in 1968.

Elevadores Atlas S.A. or


Atlas (Brazil) Brazil 1918
simply known as Atlas. It was
acquired by Schindler in 1999
then become Atlas Schindler.
Automobile United Changed to Dover Corp. in
1925
Rotary Lift Co. States 1955.
Axel Lifts Italy 1989

United
Bennie Lifts 1900s Acquired by Kone in 1986.
Kingdom

Elevator division was taken


Boral Australia ?
over by Otis in 1995.

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

Electra Israel 1945

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.

Fiam Italy 1939 Acquired by Kone in 1985.

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.

Elevator division was


Hitachi Japan 1910
established in the 1920s.
Ningbo,
Founded by Ningbo Xinda
Hosting Zhejiang, 1993
Group in 1993
China

Guangdong,
IFE 1988
China

Imperial (New United Imperial (New York) likely no


?
York) States longer exists.
Absorbed by Kone and
Surabaya,
Indolift 1980s became PT. Kone Indo
Indonesia
Elevator.

Inter-Up Israel Unknown

Isralift Israel 1961 Acquired by Kone in 2013.

IZAMET Bulgaria 1989

Elevator and escalator


United
J&E Hall 1785 division was acquired by Otis
Kingdom
in 1967.

Johns & Acquired by Perry


Australia 1892
Waygood Engineering in the 1970s.

Kfir Israel 1975

United Kiesling likely no longer


Kiesling ?
States exists.

Kilkis, 2% of new installations


Kleemann 1983
Greece worldwide.

United K.M. White was bought out


K.M. White ?
States by Armor.

Koppel A.W. Italy 1958


An elevator and escalator
LG South Korea 1995 division of LG Electronics. It
was acquired by Otis in 1999.
Elevator division was taken
MAN Germany 1895 over by Thyssen in 1984 and
became Thyssen-MAN.
Acquired by Kone in
1979. Kone-Marryat-
Marryat & United
1860s Scott brand was used until
Scott Kingdom
the late 1980s on certain
applications.
A former elevator company
based in Miami, FL and it
Miami United puts its label on most DOVER
Unknown
Elevator States elevators. Most are not
installations, but are
modernizations.
United
Montgomery 1892 Acquired by Kone in 1994.
States

Nottingham, This company also


Morris
United 1979 manufactures shopping cart
Vermaport
Kingdom conveyors worldwide.

MP Lifts Spain 1990

Nippon Acquired by Schindler in


Japan 1954
(Japan) 1987.

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

Formerly installed elevators.


United
Payne 1902 Now, they maintain, and
States
possibly modernize elevators.
United Peerless likely no longer
Peerless ?
States exists.
The largest and oldest
Pickerings United independent elevator
1854
Lifts Kingdom manufacturer in the United
Kingdom.

Elevator division was split


R. Stahl Germany 1876 from the company and taken
over by Rheinstahl in 1970.

Founded by former U.S.


Reliable United Existed in elevator employees. In 1985,
Elevator Co. States 1983 they were bought out
by Amtech.

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

Sabiem Italy ? Acquired by Kone in 1987.

Acquired by Schindler in
Schlieren Switzerland 1895
1960.

Based in Brooklyn, New York,


United U.S.A. They installed
Seaberg 1915
States elevators in New York.
Defunct no earlier than 1980.

SEC Elevators Slovenia 1967


Based in New York, NY. It
United
Serge Unknown was bought by Fujitec in
States
2001.
Also known as Shenyang
BLT or simply BLT, it is the
largest self-owned elevator
Shenyang September
China company in China, and a
Brilliant 2001
parent company of Shenyang
Yuanda Enterprise Group in
China.
SITES Italy 1964

SJEC China 1992

Based in New York, New


York, U.S.A. They installed
United elevators in New York, New
Staley 1899
States Jersey, and Connecticut.
Defunct no earlier than 1998,
possibly defunct in 2004.

A company that also


United
Stannah 1867 manufactures stairlifts and
Kingdom
sold them in some countries.

The first elevator


Stigler Italy 1860 manufacturer in Italy. It was
acquired by Otisin 1947.

Technos Bulgaria 1993

Was a distributor of Kone in


Thyman Thailand 1977 Thailand from 1993 and was TBA
acquired by Kone in 2005.
1966
Toshiba Japan (elevator
division)
United
Triboro ? Triboro likely no longer exists.
States
Was part of Cubic
United
U.S. Elevator 1970 Corporation. Acquired by
States
ThyssenKrupp in 2000.
Vtahy Czech
1947 Based in Ostrava.
Ostrava Republic

Waygood & United


1903 Merged with Otis in 1914.
Co. Kingdom

United Acquired by Schindler in


Westinghouse 1945
States 1988.
Was a distributor of Hitachi
elevators in Taiwan. It has a
Yungtay Taiwan 1966 sister company called
Shanghai Yungtay Elevator
Equipment Co. Ltd.
A Polish elevator brand
formed in 1965 based in
ZREMB Poland 1965 Warsaw. Elevators were
manufactured under license
from ASEA Graham.

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

A company which distributes and


maintains Toshiba elevators in
Hong Kong, mainland China,
Hong and Singapore, as well as
Chevalier Kong, 1970 distributing IFE elevators in
China Singapore. In addition, it has a
long term partnership
with Toshiba Elevator and
Building Systems Corporation.
A subsidiary company of Otis in
the United Kingdom. It was
founded when Otis
Express United
1997 bought Express Lift. Otis used
Evans Kingdom
this brand to sell cheaper
elevators, to keep the reputation
of the Otis brand.
Formed when Kone had a joint
Zhejiang,
GiantKONE 2005 venture with Zhejiang Giant
China
Holdings Ltd.
Was the largest family-owned
Stuttgart, elevator company in Germany. It
Haushahn 1889
Germany was acquired by Schindler in
1998 and now part of Schindler.
Formerly known as Lift Munich
as a supplier of generic elevator
parts in Germany. It was a part
of Sematic Group since 2000.
Liftmaterial Germany 1966
Until on August 11, 2015,
Sematic Group was taken over
by Wittur Group. It becomes a
subsidiary of Wittur Group.
A company providing marine
cargo flow solutions and service,
including elevators and
escalators for ships. It
MacGregor Sweden 1937 manufactures elevators used for
cruise ships under the name
MacGregor-Kone. Since 2005,
MacGregor is part of Kone
Corporation.
Malaysian subsidiary of Toshiba
Elevator and Building Systems
Corporation. Founded in 1983 as
a joint-venture between MS
Group and Toshiba. They
Mashiba Malaysia 1983
manufactures elevators and
escalators under the name
MASHIBA and sells them in
Malaysia and to other Southeast
Asian countries.
Shanghai Shanghai, Subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric
1987
Mitsubishi China Elevator.
A subsidiary company of Otis
Elevator Korea in South Korea,
this is a brand for
South
Sigma 2000 overseas/export markets.
Korea
Basically their elevators are Otis
made in South Korea but
branded as Sigma.
Founded as part of a joint
venture between Otis and Xizi
Elevator Group in Hangzhou,
Hangzhou,
Xizi Otis 1997 China. It is Otis's fifth subsidiary
China
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
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.

Wheelchair/platform lift companies


These are the companies that produces wheelchair/platform lifts for mobility needs.

Elevator and
Year
escalator Origin Note Logo
established
brands

One of the world leading


manufacturers of platform lifts and
Aritco Sweden 1995
home lifts for private homes and
public buildings.

A brand of the Cibes Lift Group


Cibes Lift Sweden 1947 which also owns the Kalea Lifts
and NTD Lifts brands.

One of the leading Italian


manufacturers of elevators for
IGV Italy 1966
private and public buildings
designed for mobility needs.

A brand of the Cibes Lift Group.


Their products are Cibes Lift-made
Kalea Lifts Italy 1898
but branded and marketed under
the Kalea Lifts brand.
Now part of Kone. It is a
manufacturer of low speed lifts to
Motala Hissar Sweden Unknown
improve accessibility for people
with impaired mobility.
Temporary elevator companies
These are the companies which provides installations of temporary elevators mostly for
construction projects.

Elevator and
Year
escalator Origin Note Logo
established
brands

A Swedish company providing


Alimak Hek Sweden 1948 construction hoists, industrial
elevators and work platforms.

A Dutch company providing


RECO Netherlands 2010s temporary elevator
installations.

A company that manufactures


United construction hoists, rack &
USA Hoist Unknown
States pinion elevators, and rack &
pinion inclined elevators.

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