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|title_en= Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.
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|Box title = Hitachi Elevators and Escalators<br/>日立エレベーターエンジニアリング
  
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|title_local= 日立ビルシステム株式会社
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|image = Image:Corp_id_large.gif
  
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|logo= Image:Corp_id_large.gif
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|Row 1 title = Founded
  
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|year_established= 1956
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|Row 1 info = 1924
  
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|division_of= Hitachi Ltd.
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|Row 2 title = Division of
  
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|status= Operating
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|Row 2 info = Hitachi Ltd.<br/>(株式会社 日立製作所)
  
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|manufactures= Complete [[Elevator|elevators]], [[Escalator|escalators]] and [[Moving walkway|moving walkways]]
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|Row 3 title = Based in
  
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|Row 3 info = Tokyo, Japan
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|headquarters= Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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|service_locations= Worldwide, mainly serves Asia
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|Row 4 title = Website
  
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|preceded_by= Hitachi Building Services Co., Ltd.
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|Row 4 info = [http://www.hitachi.com/businesses/elevator/ hitachi.com/businesses/elevator]}}
  
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|website= [http://www.hbs.co.jp/ hbs.co.jp] (Japan)<br/>[http://www.hitachi.com/businesses/elevator/ hitachi.com/businesses/elevator] (Global site)
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|subsidiaries=• Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., (Hong Kong) Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator (Cambodia) Co., Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator Laos Co., Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator (Myanmar) Co., Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator Philippines Corporation<br />• Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator Vietnam Co., Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd.<br />• Hitachi Elevator Saudi Arabia Limited<br />• Temple Lifts Ltd.
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'''Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.''' (Japanese: '''日立ビルシステム株式会社''') is a division of Hitachi Ltd. which runs in the manufacturing, development and sales of elevators, escalators and moving walkways. The business officially started in 1956, and it is one of the "big four" (major) Japanese elevator manufacturers alongside [[Mitsubishi (elevator)|Mitsubishi Electric Corporation]], [[Fujitec]] and [[Toshiba (elevator)|Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC)]]. It is also one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the Japanese market.
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'''Hitachi Elevators and Escalators''' (Japanese: '''日立エレベーターエンジニアリング '''''Hitachi erebētaenjiniaringu'') is a division belongs to the Japanese company Hitachi Ltd. based in Tokyo, Japan, which manufactures elevators and escalators.
  
   
 
==History==
  
==History==
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Although the division began in the 1950s, Hitachi had already entered the elevator industry in the 1920s. In 1932, it installed its first elevator in Japan, followed by its first passenger elevator in 1933 and an escalator in 1937. In 1956, '''Hitachi Building Services Co., Ltd.''' was established. Ten years later, it established a branch in British Hong Kong as a mean of expanding its business outside Japan, followed by another branch in Singapore in 1972. In 1968, Hitachi installed high speed elevators with a speed of 300 meters/minute at the Kasumigaseki Building in Tokyo, Japan, which, at that time, were the fastest elevators in Japan.
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Hitachi's elevator and escalator division was established in 1924. In 1966, Hitachi expanded their elevator and escalator businesses outside Japan, in Hong Kong, and later in Singapore in 1972. In 2009, an elevator test tower G1 Tower was completed in Ibaraki Prefecture, which currently the tallest elevator tower in the world at height of 213 meter.
  
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In 1995, Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. was established in Guangzhou, China.
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Hitachi installed one of the largest double deck elevators in the world with ultra high speed at the Shanghai World Finance Center in Shanghai, China in 2008. Two years later, Hitachi completed the G1 TOWER, a 213 meters tall elevator test tower in Hitachi's Mito Works in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
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In 2013, Hitachi Ltd. announced that it would split its elevator and escalator business and transferred it to Hitachi Building Systems as an attempt to expand its business in Japan. The integration was completed in 2014.
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In 2017, Hitachi acquired UK-based elevator company Temple Lifts Limited as an attempt to enter the European elevator market.<ref name=TempleLiftsHitachi>[http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2017/04/170427b.pdf Hitachi Enters the Lift Market in Europe with acquisition of UK-based Temple Lifts (PDF)] - Hitachi Ltd. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200212113233/http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2017/04/170427b.pdf Archived version])</ref><ref name=TempleLifts>[https://www.templelifts.com/temple-lifts-news/temple-lifts-ltd-announces-investment-hitachi/ Temple Lifts Ltd announces investment by Hitachi Ltd] - Temple Lifts Limited ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200212113442/https://www.templelifts.com/temple-lifts-news/temple-lifts-ltd-announces-investment-hitachi/ Archived version])</ref>. The first Hitachi elevators to be installed in the United Kingdom was delivered in 2019 for a luxurious hotel in London<ref>[https://www.templelifts.com/temple-lifts-news/temple-lifts-deliver-the-first-two-of-hitachis-machine-room-less-elevators-to-be-installed-in-the-uk/ Temple Lifts deliver the first two of Hitachi’s machine-room-less elevators to be installed in the UK] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200610050908/https://www.templelifts.com/temple-lifts-news/temple-lifts-deliver-the-first-two-of-hitachis-machine-room-less-elevators-to-be-installed-in-the-uk/ Archived]) - Temple Lifts</ref>.
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In 2018, Hitachi entered the Australian elevator market through a partnership with a local elevator company, Orbitz Elevators<ref name=Hitachi-Orbitz>[https://www.orbitzelevators.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Orbitz-Elevators-Hitachi-Partnership.pdf Orbitz Elevators & Hitachi Partnership] (PDF) - Orbitz Elevators ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200212113808/https://www.orbitzelevators.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Orbitz-Elevators-Hitachi-Partnership.pdf Archived version])</ref>, making them the first Japanese-based elevator manufacturer to have sold their elevators in Australia. Previously, Hitachi had sold an occasional few escalators in the country prior to the 21st century, probably around the 1980s.
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In 2019, Hitachi developed their first ultra high speed elevator and firstly installed at Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Obtaining a stop speed of 75.6 km/h (21 m/s), it was awarded by the Guinness World Records as the fastest elevators in the world<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-lift-(elevator)/ Guinness World Record - Fastest lift (elevator)] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20191231161238/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-lift-(elevator)/ archived version in 2019])</ref>, surpassing the record previously held by Shanghai Tower's [[Mitsubishi (elevator)|Mitsubishi]] elevators in Shanghai, China from 2016 until 2019, also made by Japanese company.
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Also in January 2020, Hitachi completed its "H1 TOWER" elevator test tower in Guangzhou, China. This new tower surpasses its "G1 TOWER" in the Mito Works, Japan with 288.8 meters high and it is one of the tallest elevator test towers in the world.<ref>[https://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2020/01/200116b.html Hitachi Completes Construction of the H1 TOWER, One of the World's Tallest Elevator Test Towers, at its R&D and Manufacturing Facility in Guangzhou, China] ([https://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/month/2020/01/200116b.pdf PDF version]) - News Releases - Hitachi Ltd.</ref>
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==Notable products==
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=== Current products ===
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==== Elevators ====
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*'''VFI-II''': Standard MR passenger elevator. Successor of VFI.
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*'''H-EM''': Standard passenger elevator
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*'''HVF''': High speed elevator for high-rise buildings.
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*'''UVF''': Ultra high speed elevator for high-rise buildings. One of its installations, located in Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, is the fastest elevator in the world, operating at the speed of 21 m/s.
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*'''OUG Series ON-1''': Machine room less elevator (up to 32 floors)
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*'''UAG Series SN-1''': Machine room less elevator (up to 24 floors)
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*'''MCA''': Passenger elevator with smaller machine room, manufactured by Hitachi China.
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*'''HGP-S''': Passenger elevator with smaller machine room, manufactured by Hitachi China.
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*'''HCA''': High speed elevator for high rise buildings, manufactured by Hitachi China.
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*'''LCA''': Machine room less elevator, manufactured by Hitachi China.
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*'''LF''': Freight elevator, manufactured by Hitachi China.
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*'''F-EL''': Freight elevator.
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*'''SVC/SED''': Home elevator for private houses.
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*'''PlusHeart''' and '''URBANACE''': Standard passenger elevator only sold in Japan.
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*'''GS-1''': Elevator modernization (only available in Thailand and Philippines).
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*'''GS-2''': Elevator modernization (only available in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong).
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==== Escalators and moving walks ====
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*'''SX Series''': Standard escalator manufactured by Hitachi Elevator China.
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*'''MX Series'''
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*'''TX Series''': Escalator, introduced in August 2017.
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*'''VX Series''': Standard escalator, only sold in Japan.
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*'''VXS Series''': A space saving version of VX Series, only sold in Japan.
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*'''EX Series''': Moving walkways
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=== Discontinued products ===
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==== Elevators ====
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* '''Type A Elevator:''' Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1961.
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* '''New Type A Elevator: '''Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1968.
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* '''BUIL-ACE: '''Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1970s.
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* '''BUIL-ACE ASTRO: '''Introduced in 1978.
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* '''BUIL-ACE QUALITY 80: '''Microcomputer control elevator, introduced in 1979.
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* '''BUIL-ACE QUALITY 80 II: '''Introduced in 1981. The traction type elevators had been converted to VVVF control since 1985.
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* '''BUIL-ACE PULIDO: '''Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1989.
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* '''BUIL-ACE NewPULIDO: '''Passenger elevator introduced in 1996.
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* '''YPVF'''
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*'''VFI''': Standard MR passenger elevator which was mainly sold in Southeast Asia and Middle East. Succeeded by VFI-II.
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==== Escalators and moving walks ====
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*'''Escalane''': Standard escalators, mostly could only fit one person.
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*'''Crystallane''': Standard escalator with transparent glass balustrades. It was launched in 1956.
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*'''CX Series'''
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==Subsidiaries==
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{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border: 1px #171717 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" class="wikitable"
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!width=17%|'''Company'''
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!width=9%|'''Based in'''
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!width=20%|'''Notes'''
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|'''Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd.'''
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|Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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|Established in 1966.<br/>Macau branch established in 1980.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd.'''
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|Jurong East, Singapore
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|Established in 1972 as Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.<br/>Changed to current name in 2010.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator (China) Co. Ltd.'''
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|Guangzhou, China
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|Established in 1995<br/>Formerly known as Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.
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|'''Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd.'''
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|New Delhi, India
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|Established in 2008
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|'''Hitachi Elevator Philippines Corporation'''
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|Manila, Philippines
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|Established in 2011.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator (Myanmar) Co. Ltd.'''
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|Yangon, Myanmar
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|Established in 2015.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator Vietnam Co., Ltd.'''
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|Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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|Established in 2016.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator (Cambodia) Co., Ltd.'''
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|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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|Established in 2017.<br/>Joint venture between Siam-Hitachi and CMED Group Co., Ltd.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co. Ltd.'''
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|Bangkok, Thailand
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|Established in 2017.<br/>Spun off from Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.
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|'''Temple Lifts Limited'''
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|London, United Kingdom
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|Established in 1989, fully acquired by Hitachi in 2017<ref name=TempleLiftsHitachi/><ref name=TempleLifts/>.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator Laos Co., Ltd.'''
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|Vientiane, Laos
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|Established in 2019.<br/>Joint venture between Siam-Hitachi and Tangchareon Construction Sole Co., Ltd. of the TCR Group.
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|'''Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.'''
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|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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|'''Hitachi Elevator Saudi Arabia Limited'''
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|Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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==G1 Tower==
  
==G1 Tower==
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[[File:Hitachi_G1_Tower.jpg|thumb|Hitachi G1 testing tower]]
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[[File:Hitachi_G1_Tower.jpg|thumb|Hitachi G1 test tower in Mito Works, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.]]
   
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The '''G1 Tower''' is an [[Elevator test tower|elevator test tower]] built by Hitachi and was completed in 2010, as part of Hitachi's 100th years anniversary. It is located in the site of Mito Works in Ibaraki. It has 10 floors in total; 9 floors above ground and a basement floor. It is currently the tallest elevator testing tower in the world with a height of 213 meter.
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The '''G1 Tower''' is Hitachi's [[Elevator test tower|elevator test tower]] located in Hitachi's Mito Works in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It was completed in 2010 as part of Hitachi Ltd.'s 100th years anniversary. The tower has ten floors; nine floors above ground and a basement floor. It has a height of 213 meters and it is one of the tallest elevator test towers in the world.
   
 
==Elevator fixtures==
  
==Elevator fixtures==
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{{Main|Hitachi Elevator Fixtures Guide}}
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{{Main|List of Hitachi elevator fixtures}}
   
 
==Notable installation references==
  
==Notable installation references==
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''Main article:'' [[List of notable Hitachi elevator installations]]
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{{Main|List of notable Hitachi elevator installations}}
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==Notable acquisitions==
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*'''1976''' - [[J&E Hall]] Canada's elevator division (Canada)<ref>[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19761109-1.2.20.2.19?ST=1&AT=search&k=hitachi%20elevator&QT=hitachi,elevator&oref=article Hitachi - BUSINESS TIMES, 9 November 1976, Page 5] - (NewspaperSG)</ref>
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*'''2017''' - Temple Lifts Limited (United Kingdom)<ref name=TempleLifts/>
   
 
==Overseas distributors==
  
==Overseas distributors==
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===Current distributors===
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*Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading Co. (Lebanon)
  
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*Ahmadiah International Elevator Co. W.L.L. (Kuwait)
  
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*Al-Futtaim Engineering L.L.C. (United Arab Emirate)
  
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*E. Zaum Ltd. (Israel)
  
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*Gulf Elevators & Escalators Co. Ltd. (Saudi Arabia)
  
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*Huu Nghi Engineering Corporation (Vietnam)
  
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|Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading Co.
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*Kuwait Jordanian Co. (Jordan)
  
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|Lebanon
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*Lanka Elevator Engineering (Pvt) Ltd. (Sri Lanka)
  
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*Petrobuild International Elevators Co. W.L.L. (Qatar)
  
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*PT. Sarang Teknik Utama (Indonesia)
  
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|Ahmadiah International Elevator Co. W.L.L.
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*Thang Uy Trading Co. Ltd. (Vietnam)
  
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|Kuwait
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*Universal Engineering Services L.L.C. (Oman)
  
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|Al-Futtaim Engineering L.L.C.
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|United Arab Emirates
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|E. Zaum Ltd.
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|Israel
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|Gulf Elevators & Escalator Co. Ltd.
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|Saudi Arabia
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|Huu Nghi Engineering Corporation
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|Vietnam
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|Kuwait Jordanian Co.
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|Jordan
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|Lanka Elevator Engineering (Pvt) Ltd.
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|Sri Lanka
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|Orbitz Elevators
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|Australia
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|Distributed since 2018.<ref name=Hitachi-Orbitz/>
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|Petrobuild International Elevators Co. W.L.L.
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|Qatar
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|PT. Sarang Teknik Utama Indonesia
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|Indonesia
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|Since 1964?
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|Thang Uy Trading Co. Ltd.
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|Vietnam
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|Universal Engineering Services L.L.C.
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|Oman
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===Former distributors===
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!width=7%|'''Country'''
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|Hi Eles Industrial Corporation
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|Philippines
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|1971-2011<br/>Changed name to Hitachi Elevator Philippines Corporation.
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|Marubeni Corporation
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|Singapore
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|1960s-1972
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|Siam Motors Co., Ltd.
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|Thailand
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|1974-1992<ref>Siam Motors split its elevator division to Siam Elevator Co. Ltd. in 1988. In 1992, "Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd." (SHE) and "Bangkok-Hitachi Elevator Service Co., Ltd." (BHESCO) was established under joint venture between Siam Elevator Co. Ltd. and Machinery and Equipment Co., Ltd. and Hitachi (Japan) Limited. Both SHE and BHESCO merged in 2010 into Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. Siam-Hitachi Elevator still exists but it has separated from Hitachi Elevator Thailand which was established in 2017.</ref>
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|Taiwan
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|1966-19??
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==Accidents==
  
==Accidents==
 
===Elevator downfall accident in Jakarta===
  
===Elevator downfall accident in Jakarta===
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On November 16th, 2007, a 1980s service elevator located in Ratu Plaza office Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia had its suspension ropes broke, causing the elevator car falling down from the lower ground to the basement floor (it was reported that the car falling down from six meters high). Four people were injured.
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On November 16th, 2007, a 1980s Hitachi elevator in Ratu Plaza office Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia plummeted down due to broken hoisting ropes. Four people were injured as the result of the accident<ref>[http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2007/11/17/057111772/Kecelakaan-Lift-Tanggungjawab-Pengelola-Ratu-Plaza Elevator downfall accident in Jakarta (Indonesian)]</ref>. After the accident, the elevator was replaced into a [[Mitsubishi Elenessa]] machine room less elevator<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6HL6g-LPdM Mitsubishi MRL Elevator at Ratu Plaza Office Tower, Jakarta (B1-G)]</ref>.
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The building management was told to be responsible for this accident. Police were inspecting the physical look of the elevator and all of the building's equipment.<ref>[http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2007/11/17/057111772/Kecelakaan-Lift-Tanggungjawab-Pengelola-Ratu-Plaza Elevator downfall accident in Jakarta (Indonesian)]</ref>
  
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*Hitachi has a subsidiary company called [[Guangri|Guangzhou Guangri Elevator Industries Co. Ltd.]] based in Guangzhou, China (it has another name called Guangzhou Hitachi). It was established in 1996 and some of their latest products are branded as Hitachi.
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*[[Guangri|Guangzhou Guangri Elevator Industries Co. Ltd.]] from in Guangzhou, China is a subsidiary of Hitachi. The company was established in 1996 under joint investment with Hitachi, and most of their elevators were made under Hitachi's technology.
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*Taiwan-based [[Yungtay Engineering]] has partnership with Hitachi ever since it started out in 1966 as a distributor of Hitachi elevators in Taiwan. As the result, some modern Yungtay elevators uses Hitachi's elevator fixtures, and some older Yungtay elevators are actually rebranded Hitachi elevators which are branded as Yungtay-Hitachi. Since 2018, Hitachi is planning to acquire Yungtay.
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*The Chinese elevator manufacturer '''Shanghai Yungtay Engineering''' was established from a joint-venture investment between Hitachi and Taiwan [[Yungtay Elevator|Yungtay]] Engineering.
  
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*[[GoldStar]], a South Korean electronics manufacturer, made elevators under technical cooperation with Hitachi, and because of this, the elevator design look very identical to Hitachi. These elevators were manufactured at GoldStar's Juan elevator factory in South Korea.
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*Their escalators were also sold in the United States and Australia, but they have been discontinued possibly due to safety reason.
  
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*Hitachi escalators were also sold in the United States, Canada, and Australia, but they have been discontinued possibly due to safety reason.
 
**An example in the United States can be found in the Starks Building in Louisville, KY.
  
**An example in the United States can be found in the Starks Building in Louisville, KY.
 
**Few examples in Australia are found in 24-32 Hughes St in Cabramatta and Spotlight Campbelltown, Sydney.
  
**Few examples in Australia are found in 24-32 Hughes St in Cabramatta and Spotlight Campbelltown, Sydney.
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*J&E Hall's Canadian elevator and escalator division was acquired by Hitachi in 1976, and some Hitachi escalators in Canada are branded as J&E Hall-Hitachi.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kGk6mFzhqQ VINTAGE J&E HALL / HITACHI ESCALATOR]</ref>
 
*In Southeast Asia, Hitachi has manufacturing plants located in Singapore and Thailand:
  
*In Southeast Asia, Hitachi has manufacturing plants located in Singapore and Thailand:
 
**In Singapore, it is located in Jurong East.
  
**In Singapore, it is located in Jurong East.
 
**In Thailand, it is located in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate Phase 9, Chonburi.
  
**In Thailand, it is located in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate Phase 9, Chonburi.
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*Hitachi is the third Japanese elevator company to enter the European elevator market after Fujitec and Mitsubishi. It is also the first Japanese company to enter the Australian market.
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*Hitachi, in Japan, operates a joint-venture with its largest competitor, [[Mitsubishi (elevator)|Mitsubishi]], which manufactures [[Residential elevator|home elevators]].
   
 
==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
 
===Logos and nameplates===
  
===Logos and nameplates===
 
<gallery>
  
<gallery>
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1960'sHitachinameplate.jpg|1960s Hitachi nameplate.
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1972 Hitachi nameplate.jpg|1972 Hitachi nameplate in Hong Kong.
 
Hitachi_Elevator_Logo.jpg|Older Hitachi logo.
  
Hitachi_Elevator_Logo.jpg|Older Hitachi logo.
 
Hitachi 1980s data plate.jpg|1970s-1980s Hitachi nameplate.
  
Hitachi 1980s data plate.jpg|1970s-1980s Hitachi nameplate.
 
Hitachi old capacity badge RP.JPG|1970s-1980s Hitachi (service elevator) nameplate.
  
Hitachi old capacity badge RP.JPG|1970s-1980s Hitachi (service elevator) nameplate.
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Modernize Hitachi Dewhurst.jpg|2010s Hitachi logo.
 
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==Notes and references==
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==See also==
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*[[Guangri]]
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<references/>
  
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*[[Yungtay Engineering]]
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{{Reflist}}
   
 
==External links==
  
==External links==
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===Websites from Hitachi and its subsidiaries===
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*[http://www.hitachi.com/businesses/elevator/ Official website] (global site)
  
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*[http://www.hitachi-elev.com.hk/eng/index.html Official website] (Hong Kong)
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*[http://www.hbs.co.jp/ Official website - Japan] (Japanese)
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*[http://www.hea.hitachi.com.sg/ Official website] (Singapore)
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*[http://www.hitachi.com/businesses/elevator/ Official website - Global Site]
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*[http://www.hitachi-helc.com/ Official website - China]
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*[http://www.hitachi-elev.com.hk/eng/index.html Official website - Hong Kong]
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*[http://www.hea.hitachi.com.sg/ Official website - Singapore]
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*[http://www.hitachi-elevator.com.ph Official website - Philippines]
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*[http://www.siamhitachi.com/ Official website - Thailand]
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**[http://www.siamhitachi.com Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.]
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*[http://www.hitachi-elevator.com.kh Official website - Cambodia]
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*[http://www.hitachi-elevators.com.vn Official website - Vietnam]
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*[http://www.hitachi-lift.co.in/ Official website - India]
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*[http://www.hitachi-elevator.com.sa Official website - Saudi Arabia]
 
*[http://www.mh-he.co.jp/ Mitsubishi Hitachi Home Elevator official website] (Japanese)
  
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Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 日立ビルシステム株式会社) is a division of Hitachi Ltd. which runs in the manufacturing, development and sales of elevators, escalators and moving walkways. The business officially started in 1956, and it is one of the "big four" (major) Japanese elevator manufacturers alongside Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Fujitec and Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corporation (TELC). It is also one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the Japanese market.

History

Although the division began in the 1950s, Hitachi had already entered the elevator industry in the 1920s. In 1932, it installed its first elevator in Japan, followed by its first passenger elevator in 1933 and an escalator in 1937. In 1956, Hitachi Building Services Co., Ltd. was established. Ten years later, it established a branch in British Hong Kong as a mean of expanding its business outside Japan, followed by another branch in Singapore in 1972. In 1968, Hitachi installed high speed elevators with a speed of 300 meters/minute at the Kasumigaseki Building in Tokyo, Japan, which, at that time, were the fastest elevators in Japan.

In 1995, Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. was established in Guangzhou, China.

Hitachi installed one of the largest double deck elevators in the world with ultra high speed at the Shanghai World Finance Center in Shanghai, China in 2008. Two years later, Hitachi completed the G1 TOWER, a 213 meters tall elevator test tower in Hitachi's Mito Works in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

In 2013, Hitachi Ltd. announced that it would split its elevator and escalator business and transferred it to Hitachi Building Systems as an attempt to expand its business in Japan. The integration was completed in 2014.

In 2017, Hitachi acquired UK-based elevator company Temple Lifts Limited as an attempt to enter the European elevator market.[1][2]. The first Hitachi elevators to be installed in the United Kingdom was delivered in 2019 for a luxurious hotel in London[3].

In 2018, Hitachi entered the Australian elevator market through a partnership with a local elevator company, Orbitz Elevators[4], making them the first Japanese-based elevator manufacturer to have sold their elevators in Australia. Previously, Hitachi had sold an occasional few escalators in the country prior to the 21st century, probably around the 1980s.

In 2019, Hitachi developed their first ultra high speed elevator and firstly installed at Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Obtaining a stop speed of 75.6 km/h (21 m/s), it was awarded by the Guinness World Records as the fastest elevators in the world[5], surpassing the record previously held by Shanghai Tower's Mitsubishi elevators in Shanghai, China from 2016 until 2019, also made by Japanese company.

Also in January 2020, Hitachi completed its "H1 TOWER" elevator test tower in Guangzhou, China. This new tower surpasses its "G1 TOWER" in the Mito Works, Japan with 288.8 meters high and it is one of the tallest elevator test towers in the world.[6]

Notable products

Current products

Elevators

  • VFI-II: Standard MR passenger elevator. Successor of VFI.
  • H-EM: Standard passenger elevator
  • HVF: High speed elevator for high-rise buildings.
  • UVF: Ultra high speed elevator for high-rise buildings. One of its installations, located in Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, is the fastest elevator in the world, operating at the speed of 21 m/s.
  • OUG Series ON-1: Machine room less elevator (up to 32 floors)
  • UAG Series SN-1: Machine room less elevator (up to 24 floors)
  • MCA: Passenger elevator with smaller machine room, manufactured by Hitachi China.
  • HGP-S: Passenger elevator with smaller machine room, manufactured by Hitachi China.
  • HCA: High speed elevator for high rise buildings, manufactured by Hitachi China.
  • LCA: Machine room less elevator, manufactured by Hitachi China.
  • LF: Freight elevator, manufactured by Hitachi China.
  • F-EL: Freight elevator.
  • SVC/SED: Home elevator for private houses.
  • PlusHeart and URBANACE: Standard passenger elevator only sold in Japan.
  • GS-1: Elevator modernization (only available in Thailand and Philippines).
  • GS-2: Elevator modernization (only available in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong).

Escalators and moving walks

  • SX Series: Standard escalator manufactured by Hitachi Elevator China.
  • MX Series
  • TX Series: Escalator, introduced in August 2017.
  • VX Series: Standard escalator, only sold in Japan.
  • VXS Series: A space saving version of VX Series, only sold in Japan.
  • EX Series: Moving walkways

Discontinued products

Elevators

  • Type A Elevator: Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1961.
  • New Type A Elevator: Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1968.
  • BUIL-ACE: Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1970s.
  • BUIL-ACE ASTRO: Introduced in 1978.
  • BUIL-ACE QUALITY 80: Microcomputer control elevator, introduced in 1979.
  • BUIL-ACE QUALITY 80 II: Introduced in 1981. The traction type elevators had been converted to VVVF control since 1985.
  • BUIL-ACE PULIDO: Standard passenger elevator introduced in 1989.
  • BUIL-ACE NewPULIDO: Passenger elevator introduced in 1996.
  • YPVF
  • VFI: Standard MR passenger elevator which was mainly sold in Southeast Asia and Middle East. Succeeded by VFI-II.

Escalators and moving walks

  • Escalane: Standard escalators, mostly could only fit one person.
  • Crystallane: Standard escalator with transparent glass balustrades. It was launched in 1956.
  • CX Series

Subsidiaries

Company Based in Notes
Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd. Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Established in 1966.
Macau branch established in 1980.
Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. Jurong East, Singapore Established in 1972 as Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Changed to current name in 2010.
Hitachi Elevator (China) Co. Ltd. Guangzhou, China Established in 1995
Formerly known as Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India Established in 2008
Hitachi Elevator Philippines Corporation Manila, Philippines Established in 2011.
Hitachi Elevator (Myanmar) Co. Ltd. Yangon, Myanmar Established in 2015.
Hitachi Elevator Vietnam Co., Ltd. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Established in 2016.
Hitachi Elevator (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. Phnom Penh, Cambodia Established in 2017.
Joint venture between Siam-Hitachi and CMED Group Co., Ltd.
Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co. Ltd. Bangkok, Thailand Established in 2017.
Spun off from Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.
Temple Lifts Limited London, United Kingdom Established in 1989, fully acquired by Hitachi in 2017[1][2].
Hitachi Elevator Laos Co., Ltd. Vientiane, Laos Established in 2019.
Joint venture between Siam-Hitachi and Tangchareon Construction Sole Co., Ltd. of the TCR Group.
Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Hitachi Elevator Saudi Arabia Limited Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

G1 Tower

Hitachi G1 Tower

Hitachi G1 test tower in Mito Works, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

The G1 Tower is Hitachi's elevator test tower located in Hitachi's Mito Works in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It was completed in 2010 as part of Hitachi Ltd.'s 100th years anniversary. The tower has ten floors; nine floors above ground and a basement floor. It has a height of 213 meters and it is one of the tallest elevator test towers in the world.

Elevator fixtures

Main article: List of Hitachi elevator fixtures

Notable installation references

Main article: List of notable Hitachi elevator installations

Notable acquisitions

  • 1976 - J&E Hall Canada's elevator division (Canada)[7]
  • 2017 - Temple Lifts Limited (United Kingdom)[2]

Overseas distributors

Current distributors

Company Country Notes
Ahmadiah Contracting & Trading Co. Lebanon
Ahmadiah International Elevator Co. W.L.L. Kuwait
Al-Futtaim Engineering L.L.C. United Arab Emirates
E. Zaum Ltd. Israel
Gulf Elevators & Escalator Co. Ltd. Saudi Arabia
Huu Nghi Engineering Corporation Vietnam
Kuwait Jordanian Co. Jordan
Lanka Elevator Engineering (Pvt) Ltd. Sri Lanka
Orbitz Elevators Australia Distributed since 2018.[4]
Petrobuild International Elevators Co. W.L.L. Qatar
PT. Sarang Teknik Utama Indonesia Indonesia Since 1964?
Thang Uy Trading Co. Ltd. Vietnam
Universal Engineering Services L.L.C. Oman

Former distributors

Company Country Notes
Hi Eles Industrial Corporation Philippines 1971-2011
Changed name to Hitachi Elevator Philippines Corporation.
Marubeni Corporation Singapore 1960s-1972
Siam Motors Co., Ltd. Thailand 1974-1992[8]
Yungtay Engineering Taiwan 1966-19??

Accidents

Elevator downfall accident in Jakarta

On November 16th, 2007, a 1980s Hitachi elevator in Ratu Plaza office Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia plummeted down due to broken hoisting ropes. Four people were injured as the result of the accident[9]. After the accident, the elevator was replaced into a Mitsubishi Elenessa machine room less elevator[10].

Trivia

  • Guangzhou Guangri Elevator Industries Co. Ltd. from in Guangzhou, China is a subsidiary of Hitachi. The company was established in 1996 under joint investment with Hitachi, and most of their elevators were made under Hitachi's technology.
  • Taiwan-based Yungtay Engineering has partnership with Hitachi ever since it started out in 1966 as a distributor of Hitachi elevators in Taiwan. As the result, some modern Yungtay elevators uses Hitachi's elevator fixtures, and some older Yungtay elevators are actually rebranded Hitachi elevators which are branded as Yungtay-Hitachi. Since 2018, Hitachi is planning to acquire Yungtay.
  • GoldStar, a South Korean electronics manufacturer, made elevators under technical cooperation with Hitachi, and because of this, the elevator design look very identical to Hitachi. These elevators were manufactured at GoldStar's Juan elevator factory in South Korea.
  • Hitachi escalators were also sold in the United States, Canada, and Australia, but they have been discontinued possibly due to safety reason.
    • An example in the United States can be found in the Starks Building in Louisville, KY.
    • Few examples in Australia are found in 24-32 Hughes St in Cabramatta and Spotlight Campbelltown, Sydney.
  • J&E Hall's Canadian elevator and escalator division was acquired by Hitachi in 1976, and some Hitachi escalators in Canada are branded as J&E Hall-Hitachi.[11]
  • In Southeast Asia, Hitachi has manufacturing plants located in Singapore and Thailand:
    • In Singapore, it is located in Jurong East.
    • In Thailand, it is located in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate Phase 9, Chonburi.
  • Hitachi is the third Japanese elevator company to enter the European elevator market after Fujitec and Mitsubishi. It is also the first Japanese company to enter the Australian market.
  • Hitachi, in Japan, operates a joint-venture with its largest competitor, Mitsubishi, which manufactures home elevators.

Gallery

Logos and nameplates

Others

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hitachi Enters the Lift Market in Europe with acquisition of UK-based Temple Lifts (PDF) - Hitachi Ltd. (Archived version)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Temple Lifts Ltd announces investment by Hitachi Ltd - Temple Lifts Limited (Archived version)
  3. ↑ Temple Lifts deliver the first two of Hitachi’s machine-room-less elevators to be installed in the UK (Archived) - Temple Lifts
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Orbitz Elevators & Hitachi Partnership (PDF) - Orbitz Elevators (Archived version)
  5. ↑ Guinness World Record - Fastest lift (elevator) (archived version in 2019)
  6. ↑ Hitachi Completes Construction of the H1 TOWER, One of the World's Tallest Elevator Test Towers, at its R&D and Manufacturing Facility in Guangzhou, China (PDF version) - News Releases - Hitachi Ltd.
  7. ↑ Hitachi - BUSINESS TIMES, 9 November 1976, Page 5 - (NewspaperSG)
  8. ↑ Siam Motors split its elevator division to Siam Elevator Co. Ltd. in 1988. In 1992, "Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd." (SHE) and "Bangkok-Hitachi Elevator Service Co., Ltd." (BHESCO) was established under joint venture between Siam Elevator Co. Ltd. and Machinery and Equipment Co., Ltd. and Hitachi (Japan) Limited. Both SHE and BHESCO merged in 2010 into Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. Siam-Hitachi Elevator still exists but it has separated from Hitachi Elevator Thailand which was established in 2017.
  9. ↑ Elevator downfall accident in Jakarta (Indonesian)
  10. ↑ Mitsubishi MRL Elevator at Ratu Plaza Office Tower, Jakarta (B1-G)
  11. ↑ VINTAGE J&E HALL / HITACHI ESCALATOR

External links

Websites from Hitachi and its subsidiaries

Related companies

Major elevator and escalator companies
Full list of companies List of elevator and escalator companies
Operating Fujitec • Hitachi • Hyundai • Kone • Mitsubishi Electric (Shanghai Mitsubishi) • Otis (Otis Electric • Sigma) • Schindler • TK Elevator • Toshiba
Defunct Dover Elevators • Express Lift • Orenstein & Koppel • Thyssen • thyssenkrupp • Westinghouse
Other companies Third-party elevator maintenance companies
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