Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Schindler Holding Ltd. [2] is a Swiss multinational company which manufactures escalators, moving walkways, and elevators worldwide, founded in Switzerland in 1874. Schindler produces, installs, maintains and modernizes lifts and escalators in many types of buildings including residential, commercial and high-rise buildings.
In 2005, Schindler acquired the Hontz Elevator Company [1] after a brief legal battle with the German authorities over the registration of the company name. [citation needed] The court held that the Hontz Elevator Company had been established in the 19th century by Karl Hontz (then under the title Die Hontz Aufzugfirma) according to a folder of documents that had previously surfaced in the ...
The Encova Building (formerly known as the Motorists Mutual Building) is a 286 ft (87m) tall skyscraper located at 471 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio.It was completed in 1973 and was designed by Brubaker/Brandt and Maddox NBD.
The Crane Group Companies (also known as Crane Group) of Columbus, Ohio, USA, is a holding company of operating units primarily involved in the manufacturing and distribution of building products. Products include wood composite decking and railing, exterior cladding products, vinyl fencing, OEM PVC profiles, wood doors and door-frames, and ...
British insurance broker Willis Group Holdings leased more than 140,000 square feet (13,000 m 2) of space on three floors in 2009. A Willis spokesman said the naming rights were obtained as part of the negotiations at no cost to Willis [ 196 ] and the building was renamed the Willis Tower on July 16, 2009.
The SIG Group shares are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange and are a component of the SMI MID index. The industrial site at the headquarters in Neuhausen am Rheinfall is located directly on the Rhine Falls. Built at this location in 1853 for the use of hydroelectric power, [8] the site was transferred to the SIG Charitable Foundation in 2011. [9]
The SS guards at the camp were left with little to do, and Schindler bribed them with good food and alcohol to leave his workers alone. Between November 1944 and January 1945, the Brünnlitz labor camp was visited several times by former Płaszów commandant Amon Göth, who considered himself a friend to Schindler. The inmates at Brünnlitz ...
Schindler is a German surname. Schindler may also refer to: Schindler Group, Swiss manufacturer of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways Schindler Elevator Corporation, an American offshoot; Schindlerjuden (Schindler Jews), Jews saved by Oskar Schindler; 11572 Schindler, a minor planet