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- 1966
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Started manufacturing and sales of elevators
Delivered first escalator - 1967
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Delivered first elevator
New elevator plant and a research tower (in Fuchu Factory) completed
Toshiba Elevator Service Corporation established - 1974
- Escalator plant completed (in Fuchu Factory)
- 1977
- Started sales of microcomputer application group supervisory operation system
- 1985
- Inverter-controlled high-speed gearless elevator (first in the world)
- 1987
- Elevator for intelligent building (Umeda Center Building)
- 1991
- Toshiba Elevator Products Corporation established
- 1992
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Ultra high-speed elevator commercialized
Received an order for six units of 540m/min high-speed inverter-controlled gearless elevators for Osaka World Trade Center Building (Osaka) - 1993
- Delivered aerial escalator to Umeda Sky Building Telt Engineering Corporation established
- 1994
- Obtained ISO-9001
- 1995
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Toshiba Elevator (Shanghai) Co., LTD. established
Toshiba Elevator (Shenyang) Co., LTD. established - 1997
- New 150m high research tower of 150m in height completed (in Fuchu Factory)
- 1998
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Started sales of machine-roomless elevator (SPACEL) (1st in Japan)
Obtained ISO-14001 - 2001
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Toshiba Corporation's Elevator and Building Systems Company and Toshiba Elevator Corporation were unified in TOSHIBA ELEVATOR AND BUILDING SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
Toshiba Elevators Corp., Korea established - 2002
- Toshiba Elevator Korea Inc. established
- 2003
- Delivered Double-deck Elevator with adjustment floorheight by ball-screw to Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (1st in the world)
- 2004
- Delivered the world's fastest elevator, 1010 meters a minute, to TAIPEI 101.
- 2005
- A new plant in Shenyang, China commenced operation.
- 2006
- Developed MagSus, the world's first magnetic suspension for elevators in 2006
- 2007
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Developed comprehensive measures against a near-field earthquake directly below Tokyo
Our Elevator Renewal Program won the Minister's Prize, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at the 4th Eco-Products Awards (Eco-Services Category) - 2008
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Toshiba Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. established
Received order for elevators for Tokyo Sky Tree
Sunshine City(Tokyo) 1978
Umeda Sky Building
(Osaka) 1993
TAIPEI101 (Taiwan) 2004
SHANGHAI WORLD
FINANCIAL CENTER
(CHINA) 2008