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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 ...
An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of ... Kone and Schindler introduced their first escalator models several decades after the ...
Pages in category "Escalator manufacturers" ... Schindler Elevator Corporation; Schindler Group; Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich;
Schindler continues to manufacture lifts today, and is the core product of that company, along with escalators and moving walkways. Railway division was divested in 1997 and became part of ADtranz; Schindler's Altenrhein plant (formerly Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein) wasn't included in the transaction and instead was sold to Stadler Rail.
Hyundai Elevator was established as a joint venture between Hyundai Electrical Engineering and Westinghouse Electric in 1984. [2] Schindler Group, a Swiss-based company, succeeded Westinghouse's stake in Hyundai Elevator when Westinghouse disposed of its escalator business in 1989. [3]
A terrifying escalator accident caught on camera at Repubblica metro station in Rome, Italy, injured about two dozen people on Tuesday. Horrifying video shows crowded escalator speed out of ...
Schindler Test Tower [24] Schindler Group: Seville, Spain: 213 ft (65 m) 1992 [25] 25 Kleemann Test Tower Kleemann Kilkis, Greece: 200 ft (61 m) 2010 26 Kone (Montgomery) Test Tower (former) [26] Kone, Montgomery Elevator: Moline, Illinois, United States 180 ft (55 m) 1966 It is considered a city landmark by residents and former Montgomery ...