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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 ...
The 2006 Minato Ward elevator accident was an incident in June 2006 which shook Japanese public confidence in the safety of elevators around the country. In June 2006, in Minato, Tokyo, a 16-year-old high school student was killed by an elevator maintained by SEC Elevator Co Ltd ("SEC") but originally manufactured and maintained by another elevator manufacturer and maintenance company.
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
The Jabiru 3300 is a lightweight four-stroke, horizontally opposed "flat-six" air-cooled aircraft engine produced by Jabiru Aircraft. The engines are direct drive and fitted with alternators, silencers, vacuum pump drives and dual ignition systems as standard. The engine is used to power homebuilt and ultralight aircraft. underside of a Jabiru 3300
The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus.Airbus began developing larger A300 derivatives in the mid–1970s, giving rise to the A330 twinjet as well as the Airbus A340 quadjet, and launched both designs along with their first orders in June 1987.
In the United States, this generation was sold as the UD 1800-3300 but it was also imported by Navistar International and sold as the International Model 400, 500, 600, 700, and 900. The smallest Model 400 was a Class 5 truck with a 17,640 lb (8,000 kg) GVW and Nissan Diesel engines of 160 or 180 hp (119 or 134 kW). [ 2 ]