Schindler Haughton (company)

Schindler Haughton Elevator Corporation
Year established	April 27, 1979
Year of closure	May 1, 1985
Status	Defunct
Manufactures	Elevators
Headquarters	Toledo, OH, United States
Service locations	United States
Preceded by	Haughton Elevator Company
Succeeded by	Schindler Elevator Company

Schindler Haughton was the merging brand between Haughton Elevator Company and the future Schindler Elevator Company (American division).

History

Schindler Haughton was established on April 27, 1979. Mr. Magnus T. "Bo" Wennerbom, who previously served as the general manager for Haughton from 1973 to 1979 was appointed as the president of Schindler Haughton, shortly after the acquisition. He retired in 1984 and was succeeded by Mr. A. J. Kester. Mr. P. J. Zbinden, an Executive Committee from Ebikon, Switzerland, replaced Kester's position as president in 1986, and in 1987, Mr. David D. Smith was appointed as the president as well as chief executive officer of Schindler Elevator Corporation, a name that was adopted in 1989.

Presidents

• Magnus T. "Bo" Wenneebom (1979 - 1984)
• A. J. Kester (1984 - 1986)

Notable installations

Ohio

• Toledo Hospital, Toledo
• One Seagate, Toledo
• Seagate Convention Centre, Toledo
• Three Seagate, Toledo
• Four Seagate, Toledo
• Manor Care Building, Toledo
• Imagination Station, Toledo
• Renaissance Hotel (Citiwalk Entrance), Toledo

Michigan

• 2000 Town Center, Southfield
• Travelers Tower II, Southfield
• 4855 State Street, Saginaw
• Centennial Corporate Center, Troy
• Domino's Farms Office Park, Ann Arbor

Other states

• Promenade II, Atlanta, GA
• Concourse Corporate Center Five, Atlanta, GA
• The Concourse Center, Sandy Springs, GA
• Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, MO
  • Main Tower
  • Building A (1985)
• University Hospital Parking Garage, Columbia, MO
• 10 S LaSalle, Chicago, IL
• Warner Center, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, CA
  • Tower II
  • Tower III
  • Tower IV
  • Tower V
• Hilton Hotel, Canoga Park, CA
• One Corporate Plaza, Houston, TX (1985)
• Collins Plaza, Dallas, TX
• 1919 Shiloh Road, Garland, TX
• Tanglewood Mall, Roanoke, VA (escalators)
• 2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, VA
• Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA (1990, modded with Schindler 6400 (HXpress for parking garage and auxillary service) in 2022/23)
• Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
• 150 Woodfield Corporate Center, Schaumburg, IL
• 200 Woodfield Corporate Center, Schaumburg, IL
• Oakbrook Terrace Tower, Oakbrook Terrace, IL (RARE M-Series, modernized in 2017 with Schindler PORT)
• TC Energy Center (formerly Bank of America Center), Houston, TX (modernized into Otis CompassPlus)
• 1999 Broadway, Denver, CO (modernized into Schindler Miconic 10 and Otis CompassPlus)
• Charleston Town Center, Charleston, WV (Escalators)

Trivia

• Schindler Haughton was the elevator company who was responsible for developing the American version of Schindler's Dynatron variable voltage control system for geared elevators, which was a crossover between Haughton's GAC IV control system and Schindler's Dynatron III motors.
• Schindler Haughton was also an elevator company who introduced the Miconic V elevator system into the United States. It was a microprocessor elevator control based on Texas Instruments (TI) systems.

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