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The Selcom logo. It still used on the current Wittur S.p.A external wall and their door components.
Wittur Group (Wittur GmbH) is a German company that provides elevator components like elevator doors, hydraulic and MRL drive machines, elevator cars, elevator shaft equipment and safety devices. Founded in 1968, it is one of the leading manufacturers of elevator components in the world. They are also the producer of Kone AMD door components.
Selcom (current Wittur S.p.A) was originally a subsidiary of the Wittur Group founded in 1977. The logo is still can be found on their door components[1][2][3].
History
Wittur was founded by Horst Wittur in 1968 as Wittur-Aufzugteile GmbH in Miesberg & Co. In 2000, they took over Kone's door components system.
On August 11, 2015, Wittur announced that it would merge with Sematic Group as an attempt to expand itself in the elevator industry[4], and in 2016 Wittur acquired Sematic Group[5].
Notable projects
Wittur Group usually provides their component for major elevator companies, such as Schindler. The following list below mostly contains the components that they have installed except for Kone installations which use AMD door operators under Kone's name. For AMD door operators installed by Kone, refer to List of notable Kone elevator installations and find any installations starting from the year of 2000.
Eurasia
- Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall, Astana, Kazakhstan
- Timiryazevsky Shopping Center, Moscow, Russia
- Tolstopal'tsevo Commuter Train Station, Tolstopal'tsevo, Russia
Europe
- Portland Tower, Manchester, England (Modernized from Schindler)
- Palais Garnier, Paris, France
- Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
- Westhafen Tower, Frankfurt, Germany
- Lido Palace Hotel, Italy
- Skeppsbron 3, Malmö, Sweden (installed by ALT)
- Stockholm Central Station, Track 19, Sweden (installed by ALT)
- Norra Hamngatan 9C, Söderhamn (Basic Door replacement on a DEVE-Schindler elevator, by Midroc Electro)
- Green Marknad Parking Garage, Västra Hamnen, Malmö, Sweden
Asia
- National Stadium (The Bird's Nest), Beijing, China (2008)
- National Grand Theater, Beijing, China (2008)
- Olympic Green, Beijing, China
- Empark Grand Hotel, Guiyang, China
Project from Hong Kong Housing Authority
- Please refer to Lift Modernisation Programme.
- Domain, Yau Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (2012, elevators installation by both Schindler and Otis)
- Choi Tak Shopping Centre, Ping Shan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (2010, elevators installation by Sigma)
- Mei Lam Estate, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
- Mei Wai House (2015-2017, replaced from original 1981 Schindler elevators under Lift Modernisation Programme by Schindler)
- Mei Fung House, Mei Tao House, Mei Yeung House (2015-2017, replaced from original 1981 Fujitec elevators under Lift Modernisation Programme by Schindler)
Trivia
- Their Hydra Plus door components are often referred as "Selcom" by elevator enthusiasts and even elevator technicians in Hong Kong, China[6]. They are considered to be Wittur's most best-selling products, an identification of the genuine Wittur's door components.
- Because Kone's door components system has been taken over by Wittur Group in 2000, the Kone AMD linear door operators (patented from Montgomery Kone) are now produced by Wittur Group. However, Kone components label is still presented on the door components.
Gallery
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See also
Competitors for door components:
- Fermator Group
- GAL
- Sematic Group (competitors relations no longer exist since 2016)
- Meiller Group
Notes and references
- ↑ Wittur MDS1 door Assembly
- ↑ MDS1Landing_unboxing
- ↑ Wittur car door modernization kit installation
- ↑ Wittur and Sematic to merge in order to create a leading global supplier to the elevator industry - Wittur Group
- ↑ Change in Senior Management following the Acquisition of Sematic - Wittur Group
- ↑ 港島東中心電梯集(多相) (in hkitalk.net)