Mitsubishi (elevator)

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. 三菱電機グループ
Founded	January 15, 1921 (Tokyo, Japan)
Headquarter	Tokyo Building, Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Website	http://www.mitsubishielectric.co.jp/ http://www.mitsubishielectric.com/

Mitsubishi Electric Elevator is a division of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japanese: 三菱電機グループ) that manufactures elevators, escalators, moving walks, spiral escalators and dumbwaiters since 1931.

History

Mitsubishi began manufacturing elevators and escalators in 1931. In the 1980s, Mitsubishi manufactures the world's first inverter VVVF elevator. Mitsubishi started installing elevators in North America in 1985. Mitsubishi invented a "spiral escalator" in 1985 and the first spiral escalator in the world was installed in Osaka, Japan.

In 1993, Mitsubishi supplied elevators to Yokohama Landmark Tower, which is the fastest elevators in the world at that time until 2004 when the record was surpassed by Toshiba in Taipei 101 Tower (later by Otis in Burj Khalifa). Later in 2011, Mitsubishi received orders to install the world's fastest elevators for Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, the tallest structure in China. These elevators are running at speed of 18 m/s (or 59 feet).

Location

Mitsubishi currently has its headquarter in Tokyo and a manufacturing plant in Inazawa, which is called Mitsubishi Electric Inazawa Works. The SOLAE testing tower (which is claimed to be the world's tallest elevator testing tower) is also located in the complex.

In Southeast Asia, Mitsubishi has elevator manufacturing plants located in Indonesia and Thailand. The Indonesian plant, which is operated by PT. Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator, is located in Karawang, West Java and was opened in 2004. It also has a training tower. A second plant in the same area was completed in June 2015. In Thailand, the manufacturing plant is located in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate, Chonburi.

Products

Elevators

• NexWay
• Elenessa
• NEXIEZ
• MAXIEZ (only sold in China)
  • M/H (high speed custom type elevators)
  • CZ (compact machine room elevators)
  • LZ (machine room less elevators)
  • B (hospital elevators)
• DiamondTrac machine room less elevators (only sold in the U.S.)
• GPM-III high speed elevators (only sold in the U.S.)
• GFM-T freight elevators.
• GFC-L2 freight elevators
• GFC-L3 freight elevators
• DOAS-S (Destination Oriented Allocation System), destination dispatch elevator system. It work faster than Schindler Miconic 10 and Schindler ID.
• Home Elevators.
  • Home Elevators Series-SVC200.
  • Home Elevators Series-SED300S/SED200S.
  • Home Elevators Series-SVC/SED

Escalators and moving walks

• Seriez Z escalators
• Spiral Escalators
• A-Type moving walks

Others

• Ryoden Dumbwaiters G-Series
• ELEMOTION Modernization
• NexWay Modernization
• Elevator Information Display
• MelEye Monitoring and Control System

Subsidiaries

• Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co. Ltd.
• Ryoden Elevator and Construction Ltd.
• China Ryoden Elevator (also a subsidiary of Ryoden Elevator)
• Guangdong Ryoden Lift and Escalator Company Limited (subsidiary of Mitsubishi Elevator Hong Kong Co. Ltd.)

Notable installations

Main article: List of Notable Installations of Mitsubishi Elevator

Incident

In November 2006, the European branch of Mitsubishi elevator and escalator division was fined 479 million Euros by the European Union after found out that Mitsubishi was doing price fixing over 9 years. Other manufacturers that were fined including Otis, Schindler, Kone and ThyssenKrupp.

Distributors

• Ascensores Heavenward (Argentina and Chile)
• Syscon (Bahrain)
• Agencias Generales (Costa Rica)
• Cylift (Cyprus)
• Uniheis A/S (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and Luxembourg)
• Coheco (Ecuador)
• Ascensores S.A. (Guatemala)
• Inelec (Honduras)
• Ennis Lifts (Ireland)
• Mits Electrical Company Ltd. (Kenya)
• Serge Pun & Associates (Myanmar)
• Instalaciones Electro-mecanicas S.A. (Panama)
• Trianon Ascensores (Peru)
• International Elevator & Equipment Inc. (Philippines)
• Electromec Technical Associates (Qatar)
• San Miguel & Cia (Republica Dominica)
• FAIN Ascensores (Spain)
• Emirates Technical Associates (United Arab Emirates)
• Toan Tam Engineering and Thang Long Elevator (Vietnam)
• Inter-Up Elevators Ltd. (Israel)

Trivia

• Mitsubishi is the most common elevator brand in Thailand so far, with 30% market share in Thailand's elevator market in 2015.
• When the door open button in some Mitsubishi elevators is kept pressed for a long time, there will be a voice guidance says "Sorry to keep you waiting" when the doors are closing.
• When the door has been held open for too long, there will be a voice guidance says "Door closing" followed by three continuous beeps.
• When the doors closed and there are no hall or car calls, there will be a voice uidance says "Please press the button for the desired floor".

Gallery

Logos

Without the "Changes For The Better" caption.

With the "Changes For The Better" caption.

Mitsubishi logo without the three diamonds logo (used for Japan market but it replaced to current worldwide version).

Vintage Mitsubishi logo from the 1960s (but missing the last "i").

Landing door sills

Old Mitsubishi landing door sills in Tokyo, Japan.

Even older Mitsubishi landing door sills in Tokyo, Japan.

1990s Mitsubishi elevator landing door sills in the United States.

Capacity badges

1970s-1980s Mitsubishi logo plate.

Early 1990s Mitsubishi elevator capacity badge.

Typical mid-1990s Mitsubishi capacity badge.

Others

The SOLAE elevator testing tower facility, located in the Inazawa Work complex.

An elevator part data sticker on a Mitsubishi elevator in Indonesia.

Two service fences on a Mitsubishi elevator in Indonesia.

See also

• Shanghai Mitsubishi
• Mitsubishi Elevator Fixtures Guide
• Mitsubishi Elevator Fixtures Guide (American)

External links

• Official website (Global site)
• Official website (Japan)
• Official website (United States)
• Official website (Hong Kong)
• Official website (Thailand)
• Official website (Vietnam)
• Shanghai Mitsubishi
• The company's milestones