Sematic Group (Sematic S.p.A.) is a company that specializes in elevator doors from Osio Sotto, Bergamo, Italy. Part of the Wittur Group since 2016, it manufactures and supplies various elevator components such as automatic elevator doors, entrances, cabins and door operators.
History
Sematic started out in 1959 when its founder Francesco Zappa formed a company for producing elevator doors known as the Zappa company in Cinisselo Balsamo, Milan. In the 1960s, after expanding itself to several northern Italian cities, the company formed a partnership with West German elevator company Lift Munich (now Liftmaterial) in an effort to expand its products to other European markets; under this arrangement, Zappa would produce elevator doors and Lift Munich would sell them to other parts of Europe. Also in the 1960s, Zappa along with other Italian partners formed Semag (Sistemi per Elevatori Montactichi ed Ascensori in Genere) as a distributor of Zappa's products in Italy and other countries worldwide.
In 1968, Zappa created its own fully automatic doors with AC motor known as "Sematic", a name coined by combining the words "Semag" (its distributors) and "automatic". Five years later, the company relocated its headquarters to Osio Sotto, Bergamo where it still resides today.
In 1982, company created the Sematic 2000, an automatic door with built-in electronic controls which replaced the previous arm driven mechanism with a new belt driven mechanism. In 1988, the company entered the UK market and later the North American market in 1993. It later acquired American elevator components manufacturer W.S. Tyler Company in 2000.
On November 9, 2000, the company was restructured and became Sematic. In the same year, it took over Liftmaterial from Schindler, who previously held the company from Haushahn since 1998[1][2].
On August 11, 2015, Sematic signed an agreement on the transfer of a controlling interest with Wittur Group in order to create a leading global supplier to the elevator industry[3]. In February 2016, Wittur Group acquired Sematic[4].
Product applications
Sematic manufactures elevator doors and their related components and parts for other elevator manufacturers/companies around the world.
Their products are mainly used in Schindler elevators, such as Schindler 2400, 2500, 2600, 3300 (glass doors only), 3400, 5400 EU/5400 AP, 5500, 6200, 6300, 6500 and 7000 elevators.
Branches and sub companies
- Sematic Hungária kft (established in 2000)
- Sematic UK Ltd
- Sematic Singapore Pte. Ltd. (established in 2000)
- Sematic (Hong Kong) Limited
- Sematic Asansör San.ve Tic.Ltd.Şti. (Turkey)
- Sematic Elevadores Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.
- Sematic Elevator Products India Pvt Ltd
- Sematic Elevator Products (Changshu) Co.,Ltd
- LM Liftmaterial GmbH (now part of Wittur Group)
- Tyler Elevator Products
- Computec Srl
- Verri
Notable projects
Most of the elevators installed with Sematic 2000 B-HR doors are made for Schindler.
High-rise buildings
- World Trade Center, New York, United States (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
- Wheelock Square, Shanghai, China (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
- Palazzo Lombardia, Milan, Italy (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors and cabins)
- Landmark East, Hong Kong, China (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
- International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong, China (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
- Marina Bay Financial Centre, Singapore (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
- Zifeng Tower Greenland Plaza, Nanjing, China (Sematic 2000 B-HR door)
Hotels
- Silhouette Tower, Doha, Qatar (LM Panoramic elevator, Sematic 2000 R doors, and cabin)
- The Sands Macau, Macau, China (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
- Boscolo Hotel, Budapest, Hungary (Sematic 2000 C-MOD doors)
Modernizations
- Millennium Bridge Inclined Lift, London, England
- Royal Courts of Justice, London, England
- Dannebergplatz, Wien, Austria
- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Campanone (Civic Tower), Bergamo, Italy
Offices
- Swedbank Headquarters, Vilnius, Lithuania (Sematic 2000 B doors, and cabins)
- Post Tower, Bonn, Germany (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
- Vacheron Constantin Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland (Sematic 2000 B, and cabibs)
- Merck Serono Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland (Sematic 2000 B, and cabibs)
Special projects
- Maison Ceramique, Maastricht, Netherlands (LM Jade 100 elevators, Sematic 2000 B doors, and cabins)
- Antilia Building, Mumbai, India (Sematic 2000 B doors)
- Namaste Dagoba, Xi'an, China (Sematic 2000 SWS doors)
- Oceania Shopping Center, Moscow, Russia (Sematic 2000 R doors)
Transports
- Cahill Expressway, Sydney, Australia (Sematic 2000 B doors, elevators installed by Liftronic)
- Stuttgart Airport, Stuttgart, Germany (Sematic 2000 B doors)
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sematic 2000 HD doors)
- Camino de Zurbaran, Bilbao, Spain (Sematic 2000 SWS doors, inclined elevator installed by ThyssenKrupp)
- Guillemins TGV Station, Liege, Belgium (Sematic 2000 R doors, and cabins)
- Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Germany (Sematic 2000 B-HR doors)
Trivia
- The name Sematic is a fusion name of "Semag" and the word "automatic".
Gallery
Door components
Logos
See also
Competitors for door components
- GAL
- Wittur Group (competitors relations no longer exist since 2016)
Notes and references
- ↑ Sematic to take over LM Liftmaterial - Liftmaterial (Archived)
- ↑ Sematic to take over LM Liftmaterial - Schindler Group (Archived)
- ↑ Wittur and Sematic to merge in order to create a leading global supplier to the elevator industry (Archived) - Wittur Group
- ↑ Change in Senior Management following the Acquisition of Sematic - Wittur Group
External links
- Sematic S.p.a. - Wittur Group
- Old website (Archived)
- Up and up for 50 years - Sematic Group (Archived) - a leaflet about the company's 50 years of history from 1959 to 2009