Chevalier International Holdings Limited (Chinese: 其士國際集團有限公司, CIHL), or known as Chevalier Group (Chinese: 其士集團) in short form, is a company based in Hong Kong, China. It has a division which distributes and installs Toshiba elevators in Hong Kong, China and Singapore since 1970 as well as IFE elevators in Singapore since in the late 2000s and Hong Kong only in late 2000s.
History[]
Chevalier established their Lift and Escalator Division in 1970 and it was the company's first division, which started distributing and installing Toshiba elevators and escalators. In 1972, Chevalier expanded their business in Singapore as the sole distributor of Toshiba elevators, and later in China in 1981. In the 1980s or 1990s, the division started distributing and installing Dong Yang (the economy version of the Toshiba in that period) and HELCO (Hyundai) elevators and escalators in Hong Kong. They also distributed said Dong Yang equipment in Singapore, but not Hyundai as it had a different distributor in the country. It stopped distributing Dong Yang elevators in 2003 as the company was acquired by ThyssenKrupp. During the 1990's, Chevalier was also appointed as the sole distributor of Italian-brand Semag elevators in Singapore and Hong Kong (now changed to Lift Munich). Possibly in 2009, it started distributing and installing IFE elevators in Singapore. At the same year, Chevalier and Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC) has changed from distributor to joint-venture relations because TELC acquire from CIHL a 49% shareholding in Chevalier (HK) Limited. Chevalier also acquire two TELC subsidiaries (Toshiba Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. and Toshiba Elevator (Shenyang) Co., Ltd.) 20% in each shareholdings[2].
Overview[]
Chevalier's Lift & Escalators division has maintain a long-term partnership with Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation. It operates the installation, testing, repair and maintenance of Toshiba elevators and escalators in Hong Kong, Macau, China and Singapore. Chevalier supplies, distributes and installs Toshiba elevators in Singapore since 1972. It also specializes on installation of IFE-branded elevators in Singapore (mainly for the Housing and Development Board (HDB) projects under the Lift Upgrading Programme) and Hong Kong.
It was also the sole distributor of Semag elevators from Italy in both Singapore and Hong Kong during the 1990's, of which a few installations still exists today and are mostly maintained by Chevalier.
Notable projects[]
Hong Kong[]
- The Public Housing Estate block built by Hong Kong Housing Authority projects are not listed.
- Celestial Heights
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Larvotto
- New Town Plaza
- Millennium City
- Nina Tower (2007)
- The Center
- YOHO Midtown
- Century Gateway
- China Construction Bank Building
- Kai Tak Sports Park, Kai Tak (2024, 2025)
- Park Summit Shopping Centre, Tai Kok Tsui (2013)
- Metropark Hotel Kowloon Hong Kong, Ho Man Tin (1988, Refurbished by IFE in 2014)
- Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Happy Valley
- Hotel COZi．Harbour View, Kwun Tong (2007)
Macau[]
- Galaxy Macau
- Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Complex
China[]
- Beijing APM, Beijing (1999)
- City Centre of Shanghai, Shanghai
- Construction Bank Building, Wuhan
- Dalian Commodity Centre, Dalian
- GDH Tower, Guangzhou
- Kerry Construction Plaza 2, Shenzhen
- K. Wah Centre, Shanghai
- L'AVENUE, Shanghai
- Shangri-La Centre Chengdu, Chengdu
Singapore[]
- Concourse Skyline
- Bugis Junction (1994)
- Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats (IFE elevator installations under Lift Upgrading Programme, since 2009)
- Yew Tee Point
- Orchid Country Club (Social Clubhouse)
Vietnam[]
- New World Saigon Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City
Notable Semag installations done by Chevalier[]
Singapore[]
- Aranda Country Club, Pasir Ris (modernised now)
- Jubilee Square, Ang Mo Kio (1996)
- ERA APAC Centre (replaced by Gylet)
- West Coast Recreation Centre (demolished in 2020)
- Furama Riverfront Hotel (replaced by KONE)
- Craig Place Car Park (2000, replaced with iFE)
- Trellis Towers (2000)
- Orchard Parksuites (1994)
- Wang Lodge (1995)
- Acer Building (1998)
Hong Kong[]
- Hong Kong Museum of History, Tsim Sha Tsui
- Hong Kong Public Records Building, Kwun Tong
- Portwealth Centre, Wan Chai
- Aberdeen Tennis & Squash Centre, Aberdeen
- Harmony Garden, Siu Sai Wan
- Healthy Village (Redeveloped Phase 2) Car Park, North Point (1997)
- Bo Shek Mansion, Tsuen Wan (1998)
- But San Primary School, Tuen Mun (2000)
- Yasumoto International Academic Park, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2012, Elevators 1-2, 4-6 only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Chevalier founder dies at 82, The Standard, July 31, 2018.
- ↑ Toshiba Elevator to Take Equity Interest in Chevalier International
External links[]
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| Subsidiary companies | Chevalier • Express Evans • GFC • GiantKONE • Haushahn • Hitachi Yungtay • Liftmaterial • MacGregor • Marohn TK Elevator (Marohn ThyssenKrupp) • Mashiba • Otis Electric • Shanghai Mitsubishi • Sigma Elevator Company • Xizi (Surapid • SWORD • XIOLIFT • Xizi Otis) • XJ Schindler |
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