History of Hitachi's Elevator and Escalator Business
- 1910
- Foundation of Hitachi Ltd.
- 1920
- Launch of Elevator Development
- 1932
- Installation of the First Elevator
- 1937
- Installation of the First Escalator
- 1961
- Development of Moving Side Walk
- 1966
- Foundation of Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., (Hong Kong) Ltd.
- 1967
- Completion of Elevator Research Tower (90m) at Mito Works
- 1972
- Foundation of Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Delivery of world's first immediate reservation and indication (FI-IRF), fully automated group control elevator
- 1974
- Delivery of elevator with top speed of 540m/min, the fastest elevator in the world at that time (Shinjuku Sumitomo Building)
- 1991
- Foundation of Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. in Thailand
- 1993
- Development of Ultrahigh Speed Elevator of 810m/min
- 1998
- Foundation of Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.
(Merger of Three Affiliated Companies)
- 1999
- Release of Machine Room-Less Elevator
- 2000
- Release of Elevator with “Hitachi Ecomark”
Foundation of Mitsubishi Hitachi Home Elevator Corporation
- 2005
- Foundation of Hitachi Building Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- 2007
- Foundation of Hitachi Elevator (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- 2008
- Foundation of Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd.
- Start of operations by Hitachi Elevator (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Delivery of 6 of the world's largest* ultra-high-speed, high capacity double deck elevators
(speed of 480m/min, load capacity 3.6 t (1.8 t × 2), passenger capacity 48 people (24 people × 2))
- 2010
- Completion of world's tallest* research tower, "G1TOWER"
(height: 213m)
- Foundation of Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore
- Completion of China's tallest* research tower, "Shanghai Research Tower" (height: 172m)
- Total production reaches 200,000 units outside Japan, and 500,000 units worldwide
- *
- As of December 2010; Source: Hitachi, Ltd.
