Fact Sheet - Schindler Group

Schindler Elevator Corporation
Corporate Communications – North America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date March 5, 2013
Page 4 of 5
Subject
Schindler Elevator Corporation Fact Sheet
• 2003 – Schindler Group launches Schindler ID®, cutting edge traffic-management and accesscontrol
technology
• 2004 – Center for Service Excellence established in Holland, Ohio (national service support
center).
• 2004 – Schindler Group introduces the Schindler 9300 Advanced Edition escalator
• 2005 – Service Logistics Center established in Niles, Illinois (national service parts and logistics
center).
• 2006 – Schindler Group launches its new corporate identity to reflect the Group's evolution into a
global service company.
• 2008 – Schindler moves 900 million people per day worldwide, based on its expanding service
portfolio (elevators and escalators maintained by the Group's companies).
• 2009 – Schindler introduces its third-generation destination dispatch technology, The PORT
Technology.
• 2010 – Schindler moves 1 billion people per day worldwide.
• 2011 – Schindler launches the Schindler 3300 MRL elevator in the United States and Canada.
• 2011 – Schindler named one of Forbes Magazine’s top innovative companies.
About Schindler Elevator Corporation
Schindler Elevator Corporation is the North American operation of the Switzerland-based Schindler
Group, a leading global mobility provider with approximately 44,000 employees operating in more than
100 countries. Schindler supports sustainable urban development with safe, reliable and ecologically
sound mobility solutions and its equipment moves one billion people every day all over the world. In 2011
and 2012, Schindler was named one of Forbes Magazine’s 100 Most Innovative Companies, and two of
the company’s products received the 2011Architectural Products’ Product Innovation Award. For
additional information about Schindler Elevator Corporation, visit the company’s Web site at
www.us.schindler.com.