Not to be confused with R. Stahl, which elevator business was acquired by Rheinstahl in 1970.
Rheinstahl Eggers-Kehrhahn AG (often shortened as REK) was an elevator manufacturer from Hamburg, Germany. It was a subsidiary of Rheinstahl AG, a former West German industrial corporation founded in 1870.
History[]
Rheinstahl Eggers-Kehrhahn was formed in the 1950s following the merger of Rheinstahl AG with Hamburg based elevator manufacturer Eggers-Kehrhahn. They manufactured elevators, escalators and possibly paternosters as well. In 1970, Rheinstahl (the parent company) took over R. Stahl's elevator division but continued to use the "R. Stahl" name for a while.
In 1973, Rheinstahl sold itself to Thyssen AG[1][2] due to financial difficulties, and changed name to Thyssen Industrie AG in 1976. The elevator division became Thyssen Aufzüge GmbH. By this time, the name "Rheinstahl" was no longer used; however, the Rheinstahl's blue "arc" logo was reused by Thyssen and the yellow "Rheinstahl" name was replaced with the name Thyssen (with blue letters), thus creating a new trademark for Thyssen[3]. After its 1999 merger with F. Krupp AG, the 3 rings, a logo of Krupp, was added to Rheinstahl/Thyssen's arc logo.
Notable installations[]
Germany[]
- St. Josef Hospital, Troisdorf (1976, modernized by ThyssenKrupp in 2007)
- Kurt-Schumacher-Platz, Bochum (now modernized by ThyssenKrupp)
- Kaufhof Düsseldorf am Wehrhahn, Düsseldorf (1969, paternosters)
- Carl-Reuther Berufskolleg, Hennef (1975)
- Förde Parkhaus, Kiel (1972)
Other countries[]
- ILLUM, Copenhagen, Denmark (1967, escalators)
- V&D, Alkmaar, Netherlands (escalators)
- V&D, Sittard, Netherlands (escalators)
- V&D, Amstelveen, Netherlands (escalators)
- Annessens Tram Station, Brussels, Belgium
Täby Centrum, Täby, Sweden(Moving walks branded as REK, Escalators branded as Rheinstahl. Removed during the mall's expansion in 2012-2015)- El Corte Inglés, Granada, Spain
- Former Allders department store, Croydon, United Kingdom (1960s, escalators installed by Marryat & Scott)
- Former John Lewis department store, Sheffield, United Kingdom (1963, escalators installed by Marryat & Scott)
- Uygulama Hotel***, Antalya, Turkey (Gone)
Trivia[]
- The Rheinstahl Eggers-Kehrhahn logo is a combination of two logos from two different companies; the "arc" was from Rheinstahl while the "diamond" in the middle was from Eggers-Kehrhahn. Sometimes, the initial "EK" is written on the diamond.
- In Belgium, their escalators were known as Thyssen Rheinstahl while in Spain, their escalators were known as Thyssen Boetticher-Rheinstahl.
- Thyssen Boetticher was the result of Thyssen's acquisition of Spanish elevator manufacturer Boetticher y Navarro S.A. in the mid 1980s.
- In Denmark, Rheinstahl Eggers-Kehrhahn escalators were distributed by Siemens Dansk A/S. It is unknown if Siemens also installed REK elevators.
- In the United Kingdom, REK escalators were installed by Marryat & Scott, who later installed Thyssen escalators following the dissolve of Rheinstahl to Thyssen in the 1970s. REK escalators installed in the United Kingdom have the "Marryat & Scott" name on the REK logo.
Gallery[]
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Thyssen (German)
- ↑ Vom 1865 bis heute - Hamburger Abenblatt (German)
- ↑ The company logo - thyssenkrupp (Archived version)