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History of Hitachi's Elevator and Escalator Business

• 1924Lift manufacturing at the Kameido plant
• 1932First elevator delivered (to Tokyo Electric Power)
• 1937First escalator delivered (to Osaka Railway Department Store)
• 1956Hitachi Building Services Co., Ltd. founded (currently known as Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.)
• 1966Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co ., (Hong Kong) Ltd. founded in Hong Kong
• 1967Construction of an elevator research tower in the Mito plant completed (90m in height)
• 1968300m ⁄ minute ultra high speed elevator delivered to the Kasumigaseki Building, Japan's first skyscraper
• 1972Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. founded in Singapore
• 1974Delivery of 540m ⁄ minute elevators to skyscrapers in Shinjuku
• 1987Hitachi Mito Engineering Co., Ltd. founded
• 1991Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. Founded in Thailand
• 1998Three affiliated companies in China merged to found Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.
• 2003Opened Hitachi Building Solution Lab
• 2007Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. renamed to Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd.
• 2008Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd. foundedDelivered the world's highest class ultra fast double deck elevators to the Shanghai World Financial Center
• 2009Introduction of the Company systems leads to the establishment of the Urban Planning and Development Systems Company
• 2010Completed elevator research tower [G1TOWER" (213m in height) for Mito WorksFounded Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. as a general elevators and escalators business company for the Southeast Asia, India, and Middle East regionsCompleted elevator research tower (172m in height) for Hitachi Elevator (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
• 2011Founded Hitachi Elevator Philippines CorporationDelivered 600m ⁄ minute elevators to the Al Hamra Mixed-Use Complex in Kuwait.