Hitachi’s Elevator Receives Title as World’s Fastest akihabaranews.com

In China, Hitachi has operated its elevators and escalators business since 1980s.
In 1995, it founded Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd., a manufacturing, sales and service company for elevators and escalators.
Hitachi Elevator China achieved the top share in the number of new elevators and escalators units ordered in China in 2018.
In 2012, working with Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Elevator China, Hitachi received an order for 151 elevators and escalators for Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, and proceeded with the deliveries sequentially.
In response to the beginning of operation of the elevator with the speed of 1,260 m/min connecting the first floor on the ground and the hotel lobby on 95F, it received a Guinness World Records title as the world’s fastest elevator.