Boral Elevators was the elevator and escalator division of Boral Limited, an Australian manufacturing company. It started out in 1986 after acquiring Johns Perry Lifts (formerly Johns & Waygood)[1]. In 1996, it was sold to Otis Elevator Company.[2]
Elevator fixtures
- Main article: List of Boral elevator fixtures
Notable elevator models
- Mipro-Stat: Microprocessor controlled elevators, possibly a successor of Johns Perry Lifts's Mipro-Log elevators.
- Dynastat: High rise (?) elevator system.
Notable installations
Australia
New South Wales (NSW)
Sydney
- Fairfax House, 19-31 Pitt St, Sydney (demolished in 2018)
- St. Martins Tower, 31 Market St, Sydney (modernised in 2022)
- (Former) Harbourside Monorail Station, Sydney
- David Jones, Parramatta, Sydney
- Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Sydney (Some have been replaced with Otis, while some have been modded)
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Canberra
- Parliament House, Canberra (1988; modernized by Kone in the 2000s with LCE logics)
- Ainslie Football Club, Canberra
Queensland (QLD)
Brisbane
443 Queen St, Brisbane(demolished)- Westfield Carindale, Brisbane (modded)
- Inala Commonwealth Offices (20 Wirraway Parade)
- 160 Ann Street, Brisbane (modernised from EPL, modernised into Schindler 6500 in 2021)
Gold Coast
- Robina Town Centre, Gold Coast (all modernised at least once by Schindler)
Others
- Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Logan (1990)
- Peninsular Beachfront Resort, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast (modernised by KONE)
Victoria (VIC)
Melbourne
- Grand Hyatt Melbourne
- Crown Promenade - Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex, Melbourne (1994, modded by Kone)
- Bourke Place, Melbourne
- Telstra Corporate Centre, Melbourne (1992, modernized by Otis)
- Grand Hotel MGallery by Sofitel, Melborne
- 333 Collins St (North Building), Melbourne
- Mercure Hotel Therry St, Melbourne (modded)
- 398 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
South Australia (SA)
Adelaide
- PPK House, Adelaide
- 30 Currie Street, Adelaide
- 5AA Radio Building, Adelaide
- Lifeplan House, Adelaide
- Internode House, Adelaide
Western Australia (WA)
Perth
- Holiday Inn Hotel Perth
- Wellington Street Bus Station, Perth
Hong Kong, China
- Grandco Mansion, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon (1995)
- Sun Cheong Industrial Building, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon (1996)
- Po Shau Centre, Kwun Tong, Kowloon (1997)
Two Chinachem Exchange Square, North Point, Hong Kong Island (1997)[3][4]
Trivia
- Boral had a partnership with Thyssen, therefore some Boral escalators and moving walkways were branded as Boral Thyssen. Boral was also a distributor of Thyssen escalators in Australia.
- So far, Boral has been known to exported their elevators overseas to British Hong Kong and Singapore. It is unknown if they also exported them to other countries.
- Their business in Singapore was established in 1991[5].
- In Hong Kong, Boral elevators were distributed by Bongear (HK) Limited[6]. Bongear also distributed Thyssen elevators and escalators in Hong Kong, and the relationship between Boral and Thyssen might have led Boral to appoint Bongear as its sole agent in the region.
- This company should not be confused with Zhenjiang Boral Machinery and Equipment Co. Ltd., a Chinese elevator company based in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China which was established in 2014 and does not have any relationship with the Australian Boral.
Gallery
Boral Elevators logo with the Thyssen logo on a Boral moving walks. This was found at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport Terminal 2.
See also
- List of Boral elevator fixtures
- Thyssen
- Elevators Pty. Ltd. and Johns & Waygood - another defunct Australian elevator manufacturer.
- Otis - the successor of Boral Elevators.
Notes and references
- ↑ 1980-1989 | Boral
- ↑ 1990-1999 | Boral
- ↑ File:HK North Point 英皇道 338 King's Road 華懋交易廣場2期 Two ChinaChem Exchange Square office building lift control panel button No Smoking sign Sept-2015 DSC.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ Replaced to IFE in 2018.
- ↑ BORAL ELEVATORS - Singapore Business
- ↑ Aussie lift firm in HK venture (ARTICLE) - The Straits Times, 15 July 1993, Page 35 - NewspaperSG