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Fujitec

Fujitec is a global organisation specializing in the manufacture, installation and service of lifts, escalators and moving walkways. Founded in Osaka in Japan in 1948, it has established a network of 11 manufacturing facilities, four R&D centres and more than 50 sales offices. It established a presence in Dubai in 2002, and is distributed regionally through Al Yousuf Electronics.

Hitachi

Hitachi products are distributed through the lifts and escalators division of Al-Futtaim Engineering. The Tokyo-based company’s innovations include the Flexible Independence (FI) control system with artificial intelligence.

KONE

KONE was awarded a 2009 Good Design award, the only lift and escalator company to have ever received such an award in 60 years. Its signalisation panel integrates guiding information, allowing localisation to accommodate the specific functions and regulations of different countries and regions.

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Represented in Dubai by ETA-MELCO Elevator Company LLC. Mitsubishi Electric offers a range of products, including power systems, transportation systems, lifts and escalators, visual information systems and air-conditioners.

Schindler

The Schindler group is the largest supplier of escalators and the second largest manufacturer of lifts worldwide. It has around 43'000 employees and its operations span all five continents. Schindler designs, installs, services and modernizes transport systems for almost every building type worldwide. Globally, Schindler equipment moves more than 900 million people per day.

ThyssenKrupp Elevator

One of the world’s leading lift companies, with sales of about €5.3 billion and 43 000 employees at 800 locations.

Otis

The world’s largest company involved in the manufacture, installation and service of lifts, escalators and moving walkways. It sells in excess of 133 000 new lifts and escalators a year, with the bulk of its business generated outside the US. It has a global service base of 1.6 million lifts and escalators.