Indolift

PT. Indo Elevator Industri Pratama
Founded	1982 (Surabaya, Indonesia)
Based in	Rungkut Menanggal, Surabaya, Indonesia
Products	Passenger elevators, bed elevators, freight elevators, panoramic elevators and dumbwaiters
Acquired by	Kone (1995)
Succeeded by	PT. Kone Indo Elevator

Indolift (official full company name PT. Indo Elevator Industri Pratama or PT. Indo Elevator (Mfg.) Co. Ltd.) was an elevator company in Indonesia. It produced traction and hydraulic passenger, bed/hospital, panoramic and freight elevators as well as dumbwaiters.

History

The history of the company started out in 1974 when PT. Harton Tektama, a local mechanical and electrical engineering firm, was established and became the sole distributor of Italian made Semag elevators in Indonesia. The firm's role and experience in the vertical transportation field led to the establishment of a new local elevator company as part of the government's program of using domestic/local made products. In 1982, Indolift was established and registered as PT. Indo Elevator Industri Pratama. Experimental production began in July 1986 followed by a commercial production in January 1987 under the trademark "INDOLIFT". The first Indolift elevator was installed in January 1987 at the Bank Pasar Swadesi building in Surabaya, which was a 15 persons-capacity deluxe passenger elevator serving five floors. Until the late 1980s, it was the first and only Indonesian elevator company that was able to produce elevators locally. The company claimed that only 30% of its product components were imported, while the rest were locally made. By 1988, the company claimed it was able to produce 200 elevators each year.

In 1994, Kone established a joint venture with Indolift as a mean of entering the Indonesian market, although Kone had already entered the market in 1991 but withdrew its distribution from its Indonesian distributor. They owned a 46% shareholding in the joint venture. A year later, the joint venture was 100% acquired by Kone and the company became PT. KONE Indo Elevator. After the acquisition, Kone began installing elevators that were pretty much identical to 1990s Indolift elevators that were produced and installed before the acquisition, such as reusing Indolift's signal fixtures, cabs, and other components. Kone's 1980s-1990s "M Series" chimes were also used on these elevators as well. There are still a few number of such Kone installations that can be found in Indonesia.

Locations

Head office and factory

The head office, factory and showroom of the company was located on Jalan Raya Rungkut Menanggal No. 11, Surabaya. It consist of a four storey building with a hydraulic elevator and an eight storey elevator testing tower with a traction elevator for testing purposes. The factory had a 4000 meters per square area. PT. Harton Tektama, who served as the authorized distributor, installer and maintenance provider of Indolift elevators in Indonesia, was based at this premise. The factory might have been demolished some time after the company was acquired by Kone.

Indolift head office and factory, with the elevator test tower on the left.

Front facade of the factory (colorized version, circa 1988)

Inside the factory.

Two workers building an elevator car.

A worker making an elevator control system.

Indolift elevator cabins on display in the showroom.

After the acquisition, Kone opened a factory in Waru, Sidoarjo (now closed), as well as a branch office in Jl. Untung Suropati, Surabaya before moving to a building somewhere in the city and later moved again to Waru, Sidoarjo where it is currently located.

Branches and representatives

Indolift also had representatives in Jakarta and Bandung. It is unknown if Indolift had representatives in other major cities in Indonesia.

Notable people

• F.H. Harun Widjaja (President Director)
• Ir. Jurianto Gunawan (Production Manager)
• Ir. Ridwan K. (Marketing Director)

Notable installations in Indonesia

There are still quite few numbers of Indolift elevators exist in the country. Some of them still operates while some others have either been put out of service indefinitely, modernized or replaced by other elevator companies.

Existing installations

Jakarta

• Papa Jack Kopitiam, Lokasari Square
• Plaza Mebel Fatmawati (1992)
• grandkemang Hotel (1993, two have been modernized by LiSA)
• Moemoe Cafe Mahakam (refurbished by AMKA)
• Cilandak 88 Condominium
• Proklamasi ENT & Surgery Hospital (1991, dumbwaiter)
• Ombudsman Republik Indonesia (1988)
• PT. Thomas Express, Gunung Sahari
• Harapan Bunda Hospital (modernized by Diao Elevator)

Bandung

• Limijati Women's and Children's Hospital - Building A
• Halmahera Siaga Hospital (1992)
• Savoy-Homann Hotel (most have been modernized and replaced into Louser Lift)
• Institute of Technology Bandung
  • Labtek V
  • Labtek VI
• Hotel Baltika
• Endah Parahyangan Hotel

Yogyakarta

• Inna Garuda Hotel (extension, 1991)
• The Phoenix Hotel (refurbished by APG Elevator)
• Abadi Hotel (service elevator)
• University of National Development "Veteran" - Administration Building

Surabaya

• Gotong Royong Hospital (older building, modernized in 2015)
• Galeri Indosat Kayoon
• Double Happiness International Restaurant
• August 17th 1945 High School (SMA 17 Agustus 1945)
• November 10th Institute of Technology - Library Building (1995)
• PT. PAL Indonesia, Ujung (extension building, unfinished)

Bali

• Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel, Sanur (1991)
• Bali Anggrek Inn, Kuta (building abandoned)

Other cities

• Hotel Santika Cirebon, Cirebon (1993)
• Tiban Mosque, Turen, Malang
• Hotel Surya Prigen Tretes, Tretes, Pasuruan (dumbwaiter)

Former installations

• Universitas Indonesia (Salemba) - Faculty of Dentistry, Jakarta (replaced into Delta Lift in 2017)
• Graha Pos Indonesia (formerly Wahana Bakti Pos Building), Bandung (replaced into thyssenkrupp in 2018)
• Graha Wiyata UNTAG, Surabaya (replaced)
• Klinik Medis Pusura, Jl. Mayjend Sungkono, Surabaya (elevator removed, shaft converted into a prayer room)
• Plaza Andhika, Surabaya (replaced into Sigma elevator, this building also contains two non-operational Orenstein & Koppel escalators)
• Bali Garden Beach Resort, Bali (1988-2014)

Other past installations

• Persahabatan Hospital, Jakarta
• Budiarto Airport (ATC Tower), Curug, Tangerang
• Pusat Penelitian Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi (Puspitek) Batan, Serpong, Tangerang
• The Papandayan Hotel, Bandung (might have been replaced into Hyundai elevators)
• Hotel Perdana Wisata, Bandung (elevators no longer exist, building closed)
• Garden Palace Hotel, Surabaya (elevators no longer exist)

Fixtures

Main article: List of Indolift elevator fixtures

Trivia

• Possibly from the 1980s until early 1990s, Indolift used machines that were manufactured by either Montanari Giulio & C. or Motor Lift s.r.l. from Italy. On later models, they used machines and controllers made by Kone up until the acquisition.
• Their emergency rescue device is called "Emergenzamatic".
• The thin door sills model Indolift used from the 1980s until early 1990s was based on Semag's door sills. Beginning in the 1990s, Indolift switched to a thicker door sill model. In terms of door safety, they initially used knee-level electric eyes before changing to mechanical black door bumpers in the 1990s.
• Some late model Indolift elevators installed in the 1990s used GAL door interlocks.
• When Kone began entering the Indonesian market, a lot of Indolift elevators produced and installed in the 1990s used Kone's Traffic Master System (TMS) 600 series controllers.
• Indolift was the first Indonesian elevator company in Indonesia, followed by Louser Lift which was established in 1987.
• It was also one of the only three local elevator companies in Indonesia that was formed as part of a domestic investment (Indonesian: Penanaman Modal Dalam Negeri or PMDN). The other two were Louser Lift and Elga.

Gallery

Elevators

A non-working Indolift elevator in Gotong Royong Hospital, Surabaya before it was modernized in the mid 2010s.

The exterior shaft of the Indolift elevator in Gotong Royong Hospital, Surabaya (Credit to YouTube user Reza Tanaka).

Two Indolift elevators at Gedung Wahana Bakti Pos, Bandung.

A 1990s Indolift elevator in Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta (Credit: JC 95 Elevators). This was taken in 2016, before it was replaced into Delta Lift in 2017.

1990s Indolift elevator in the Thomas Express Building in Jakarta (Credit to YouTube user JC 95 Elevators)

Nameplates

1990s Indolift nameplate.

Indolift nameplate. This plate is only found on the controller cabinet door in the machine room.

Advertisements and diagrams

Indolift elevator advertisement from the 1990 edition of Yellow Pages Indonesia.

Indolift traction elevator diagram - general parts.

Indolift elevator diagram - traction elevator dimension.

Indolift roped hydraulic elevator diagram.

Indolift advertisement from the September 1988 edition of Konstruksi magazine. Featured in this advert is a photo of the factory and an Indolift elevator with Semag fixtures.

Others

Indolift geared traction machine from 1991.

Indolift elevator component sticker with 1990s Kone logo.

Videos

Indolift Traction Bed Elevator at RS Halmahera Siaga, Bandung

1980's Indolift elevator in Halmahera Siaga Hospital, Bandung (video: TG97Elevators)

ORIGINAL Indolift Service Elevator at Inna Garuda Hotel (Extension), Yogyakarta

1990's Indolift elevator in Inna Garuda Hotel, Yogyakarta (video: IDLift3000)

Indolift Traction Elevators at Gedung Wahana Bakti Pos, Bandung (Lift C, Retake 1)

1990's (late model) Kone-based Indolift elevator in Wahana Bakti Pos Building, Bandung (video: TG97Elevators)

20.01.2013 Graha Pena Jawa Pos elevators (1-20, w o rear door)

A 1990s Kone elevator which look very identical to 1990s Indolift (video: Reza Tanaka)

External links

• PT. Indo Elevator Industri Pratama: Memproduksi berbagai jenis lift (PDF, Indonesian) - An overview of the company from the July 1988 edition of KONSTRUKSI magazine