Orona began manufacturing elevators in 1967 under license agreement with Sabiem[1]. As the result, the elevators featured Sabiem's design and fixtures, which consists of non-illuminating black buttons and analogue display floor indicators with green and sometimes red displays. They were branded as "Orona Sabiem"[2]. This lasted until 1975 when the license expired and Orona started making elevators under their own brand.
1980's to 1990's
These are the fixtures used in older Orona elevators prior to 2000's. 1980's Orona elevators had black square buttons with a yellow illuminating halo and a digital floor indicator. The hall station button simply illuminates white.
1980's Orona car station (Credit to YouTube user Beltran Sanchez)
1980's Orona (non-working) car floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user Beltran Sanchez)
1990's Orona elevators had black square buttons with a white ring on the center, floor numbering on the side and had no illuminating halo. The hall station buttons had a small red lamp on the side. Floor indicators were digital segments.
1990's Orona car station (Credit to YouTube user Beltran Sanchez)
1990's Orona car floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user Beltran Sanchez)
2000's
OR96
OR96[3] was the series name of button fixtures produced by Orona and was used from the early 2000s until around the late 2000s. These fixtures consists of oval shaped buttons with either a small red dot LED, or alternatively a red illuminating halo. Floor indicators were mostly digital segments or LED dot matrix, but there were also grey LCD displays that look similar to some early Schindler D-Line LCD floor indicators.
2000s Orona call station.
2000's Orona hall station (Credit to YouTube user thewildeeper)
2000s Orona call station on a pedestal in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2000s Orona car station with OR96 buttons in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2000's Orona car station (Credit to YouTube user thewildeeper)
Orona OR96 buttons with a red illuminating halo.
Orona OR96 buttons with a red illuminating halo.
2000s Orona OR96 buttons with illuminating halo in Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain.
2000's Orona hall floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user thewildeeper)
2000s Orona hall indicator (not working) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2000's Orona car floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user thewildeeper)
2000s Orona floor indicator in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2000's Orona digital floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user Alex Ellis)
Orona car station in Lanzarote, Spain featuring grey LCD floor indicator.
Orona MRL Elevators at a Parking Garage in Barcelona
Another 2000's Orona elevator (video: Turkish Elevators)
Generic fixtures
Electra Vitoria elevators installed in Hong Kong, China uses Everbright buttons. Dewhurst buttons were also used but quite rare.
Late 2000's to 2014
Arca II
Arca II[4] was the series of buttons used by Orona from the late 2000s until 2014. They were a successor of the OR96 series. The buttons are oval or egg shaped with a red lamp in the middle. For the hall station buttons, they are rounded triangular that resembles Schindler HT Standard buttons in North America. Floor indicators are either LED dot matrix, digital segments or LCD displays.
Orona Arca II call station in Spain.
Orona Arca II car station in Spain.
Late 2000's Orona Arca II car station (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
Late 2000's Orona Arca II LED car floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
Late 2000's Orona Arca II digital segments car floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
Orona Arca II LCD floor indicator in Spain.
2006 Orona Traction Elevator Lift@Hotel Karolina****, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria
Current batch of Orona elevator (video: FinnishLiftFilmer1993)
Orona elevator in Zara Jerez
Current batch of Orona elevator with LCD floor indicator (video: Beltran Sanchez)
Generic fixtures
Some lower end Orona elevators used DMG buttons in place of Arca II. Electra Vitoria elevators installed in Hong Kong, China are still using Everbright buttons. Dewhurst buttons were also used but quite rare.
2014 to current
These fixtures were launched in around 2014, alongside the new Orona 3G product line which both fixture series released since are named after.
3G10
These are round silver buttons with a green illuminating tactile and halo.
2010s Orona call station.
New Orona buttons in France (photo by Thomas Lefebvre)
New Orona buttons (photo by Beno)
2010s Orona car station in Spain.
Orona lift, Action, Ridderhof , Ridderkerk, 4 3-2
2015-present Orona fixtures
3G30
Orona also used this variation of buttons, though not as common as the round ones. These are square stainless steel buttons with white illumination.
Orona square buttons which lights up white.
Lift Orona @ Via alla Bozzoreda 47, Pregassona Switzerland
2010s Orona elevator in Switzerland with square buttons (video by: Misha Gianoli)
Birthday Special Orona LINES Traction Elevator - Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, ID (Domestic Terminal)
2018 Orona elevator (branded as LINES) in Indonesia with square buttons (video by: IDLift3000)
Orona 3G30 call button. Note the different LOP chassis that resembles a Dewhurst one.
Floor indicators
Orona use rectangle floor indicators with either a green LED segments, green LED dot matrix or LCD display.
2010s Orona landing indicator with LCD display (black background)
2010s Orona floor indicator with segmented display.
Orona Green LED Floor indicator (Photo by Thomas Lefebvre)
Orona LCD floor indicator (Photo by Beno)
2010s Orona floor indicator with LCD display (black background)
Different 2010s Orona hall floor indicator.
Different 2010s Orona floor indicator. The different brand name is because this elevator was installed by a local third party company/distributor.
Orona Dot-Matrix Indicator in Thailand (Credit:NingSama)
2010s Orona segmented indicator, properly seen (picture by Luigi Fan 2006)