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History of Hitachi Elevators
- 1910 Hitachi, Ltd. founded.
- 1920 Elevator research begins.
- 1932 First elevator delivered.
- 1937 First escalator delivered.
- 1961 Moving walkway delivered
- 1963 Fully automatic group control system developed.
- 1966 Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., (Hong Kong) Ltd.founded.
- 1967 Construction of a 90-metre research tower for elevators
in the Mito plant completed.
- 1972 Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. founded.
- 1973 9 mps high-speed elevator delivered.
- 1991 Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. founded in Thailand.
- 1993 13.5 mps ultra-high-speed elevators released.
- 1998 Three affiliated companies in China merged to found Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co. Ltd. (renamed as Hitachi Elevator (China) Co. Ltd.)
- 1999 Machine room-less elevators released.
- 2000 Environmentally friendly “eco” elevators released.
- 2005 Hitachi Building Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tianjin, China) founded.
- 2007 Hitachi Elevator (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. founded.
- 2008 Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd. founded.
