Hitachi, a japanese company made the fastest elevator in the World. During tests at the CFT Finance Center in Guangzhou, the elevator reached a top speed of 75,6 km/h ! It is a new world record. Before that, the Shanghai Tower went to a top speed of 69 km/h. For the actual CFT Center Finance... Read more

Elevators enhance upper floors In 1860, Stigler founded an engineering company. In 1898, this company will become Sigler Elevator Electric. From 1860 to 1864, Grosvenor Hotel in London is the only hotel equipped with an hydraulic lift for 5 floors. In 1865, the “Grand Hôtel” of Paris was... Read more

15 - 18 October 2019 I Exhibition Centre Augsburg I Germany   interlift 2017: World’s leading trade fair with new top scores Augsburg – The interlift 2017 was the most successful one since its premiere in 1991. Three new top scores were achieved to start with: 574 exhibitors, 21,260... Read more

Since a few years, we talk about artificial intelligence for our lifts. Today, we would like to clarify the situation.   Let’s try to explain what is the Artificial intelligence. To be simple, Artificial intelligence is a new type of computer program. The idea was born in the 50’ but... Read more

It was nearly invisible but in 2017, 2 years after Mitsubishi, Hitachi made the fastest elevator in the world. We will use this opportunity to look at this speed race again. - In 1931: Otis. The elevators of the Empire State Building reach 7,1 m/s. They keep the title of the fastest for a... Read more

Invention In 1849, the counterweight appears. The goal is to build higher buildings and to move elevators faster.The idea of using a pulley to counterbalance the weight of the cabin seems to be inevitable. That was real breaking through in the elevator business, but the number of accident was huge,... Read more