Alimak Hek is a Swedish company providing construction hoists, industrial elevators and work platforms.
History
Alimak was founded in Sweden by Alvar Lindmark in 1948. In 1950, they introduced their first material hoist with a wooden mast tower and a year later they introduced their first construction hoist. They joined Linden cranes in 1968 to form a joint venture called Linden-Alimak Group
Overview
Alimak is a company provides construction hoists (also known as rack and pinion) for buildings under constructions, industrial elevators, transport and work platforms, and material hoists.
Notable projects
Construction hoists
- Block 1016 Paya Lebar Industrial HDB, Singapore (2009, temporary installation[1])
- International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong, China (2009, during construction)
- Ciputra World Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia (during construction)
- The Pakubuwono Springs, Jakarta, Indonesia (during construction)
- CN Tower, Toronto, Canada (during construction)
- Les Invalides, Paris, France (late 1980's, during renovation)
- Statue of Liberty, New York, United States (during renovation)
- Washington Monument, Washington D.C., United States (1998, during renovation)
- Australian Parliament, Canberra, Australia (rack and pinion)
Elevators
- Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom (1998)
- Halley Survey Base, Antartica
- Torre de Collserola, Barcelona, Spain (1992)
- CERN Large Hadron Collider, Franco-Swiss border
- Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, Canada
Video
Notes and references
- ↑ Temporarily installed during regular elevator modernization carried under the Lift Upgrading Programme.
External links
- Official website
- Official website (Australia)
- Official website (United Kingdom)
- Alimak Hek Rental Group USA
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