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| 1911 |
Severin Senator GmbH in Berlin (purchase) |
| 1953 |
UTO (merge) |
| 1960 |
Schweizerische Waggons- und Aufzugefabrik (SWS) in Schlieren (acquisition) |
| 1969 |
Wertheim-Werke in Vienna (acquisition) |
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Roux Combaluzier (acquisition) |
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| 1970 |
J. C. van Straaten's Liftenen Maschienfabriek N.V. in The Hague (acquisition) |
| 1971 |
Establishments Henri Peignen, S.A., Melun, France (acquisition) |
| 1974 |
Aufzuge AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland (acquisition) |
| 1975 |
Digitron AG, Brugg-Biel (acquisition) |
| 1976 |
AMLUX Schindler S.a.r.l. in Luxembourg (acquisition) |
| 1977 |
Reber-Schindler Heis A/S, Vennesla, Norway (acquisition) |
| 1978 |
materials-handling business activities |
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from SEL (Standard Electric Lorenz AG), Stuttgart, Germany, a subsidiary of ITT (takes over) |
| 1979 |
Haughton Elevator Division of Reliance Electric Cleveland in Toledo, Ohio, (purchase) |
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| 1982 |
O & K Ltd., in Keighley/Manchester, Great Britain (acquisition) |
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Armor Elevator Canada Ltd, Pickering, Toronto (acquisition) |
| 1984 |
Precision Elevators Pty Ltd., Australia (acquisition) |
| 1985 |
Diplomat group of companies in Spain (49% of the shares) |
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Nippon Elevator Industry Co. Ltd. in Japan (30% of the shares) |
| 1986 |
Wertheim-Werke AG, Vienna (a clear majority of its holding) |
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GIESA and Diplomat in Spain (increase its holdings) |
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Bharat Bijlee Ltd, Bombay (a participation, licensing, and agency agreement) |
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Western Elevator Limited in Canada (acquisition) |
| 1987 |
FFA Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke AG, Altenrhein (the majority interest) |
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Nippon Elevator Industry Co. Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan (the majority interest) |
| 1988 |
ALSO Holding AG (acquisition of the majority interest) |
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
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Contract between Schindler and Westinghouse Electric Corporation for the acquisition of the entire elevator and escalator business of Westinghouse in North America (annual sales approx. US $ 500 million, 5,500 employees). |
| 1989 |
Westinghouse Electric Corporation (takes over) |
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the entire elevator and escalator business |
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Westinghouse elevator business In Canada (integration) |
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Devehissar Alvesta AB |
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the Swedish hydraulic elevator manufacturer |
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the Electric Construction Company In New Zealand |
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the elevator business |
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T. L. Jones Ltd. (acquisition) |
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Listo Ltd., the former agency in Kenya (purchase) |
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Harnecker Schindler Ascensores SA., the former agency in Chile |
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Bioergvin Kristofersson, the Icelandic elevator company |
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Wertheim-Werke AG (purchase) |
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| 1990 |
Millar Elevator Service Company |
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The former Schindler Service Division, and the previously independent service companies of Westinghouse, are merged under a single name, and with effect from 1.1.1990 they trade as the Millar Elevator Service Company. |
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Schindler-Ganz Lift GmbH, Budapest (joint venture, 75% of the shares) |
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together with Ganz Aufzugefabrik |
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Gebauer AG |
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a specialist elevator manufacturing company in Affoltern am Albis |
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Schindler Aufzuge GmbH Dresden vormals Licht und Kraft (joint venture) |
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together with VEB/HST Betriebsteil Licht und Kraft Dresden |
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This is the starting point for the takeover of a further 11 companies in the former GDR. |
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Schindler Mosmontash Lift, Moscow, USSR ((joint venture) |
| 1991 |
Suzhou |
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together with Jardine Schindler, increases its participation in the joint venture Suzhou to a total of 63%. |
| 1992 |
Donohoe Lifts, Dublin, Ireland |
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Turkeli Ticaret S.A., the Turkish elevator company in Istanbul. |
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Vytahy CSFR A.S. in Prague, the privatized Czech elevator company |
| 1993 |
Giesa Schindler in Spain to Schindler S.A. (Renaming) |
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Turkeli Ticaret A.S. to Schindler Turkeli A.S. (Renaming) |
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Schindler Elevator K.K., Tokyo, Japan (majority interest 75%) |
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MPC SA in Lausanne (The ALSO Group, a majority interest) |
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the most important and successful PC trading and services company in western Switzerland |
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Jardine Schindler Holdings Inc |
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Suzhou Schindler Elevator Company Ltd, China (55% holding) |
| 1995 |
the Suzhou Esca Step Co. Ltd |
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the new escalator step factory in Suzhou, (100% shareholding) |
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the China Schindler Elevator Co. Ltd (take over) |
| 1996 |
the Schindler agent in Poland (take over) |
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Schindler Polska Sp.z.o.o. |
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the company of the former agent In Greece (integrated) |
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EFACEC Elevadores S.A. in Porto, Portugal (take over) |
| 1997 |
Nechusthan elevator company in Israel (acquisition) |
| 1998 |
The Schindler subsidiaries Aufzuge AG Schaffhausen, Gebauer AG, H. Schweizer Aufzuge AG, Segulift SA, and Vauthey-Lift SA are merged into Aufzuge Service AG. |
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the Haushahn Group in Stuttgart (take over) |
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It has 1,750 employees and sales of approximately DM 400 million in the elevator, elevator component, and automation businesses. |
