Hitachi : Elevator Delivered to Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, a Skyscraper Complex Building in China, Received a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title as the World's Fastest
September 27, 2019 at 03:13 am EDT
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Tokyo, September 27, 2019 --- Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501 / 'Hitachi') today announced that its elevator, which has been delivered to Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, a skyscraper complex building in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China (hereinafter 'China'), received a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title as the world's fastest elevator(1)on September 10, and the presentation ceremony of the official certificate was held today. This elevator travels with a rated speed of 1,260 m/min (2)and connects the ground floor to the hotel lobby on the 95th floor in approx. 42sec, over a distance of 440 m.
In 1968, Hitachi developed an elevator with the speed of 300 m/min, the fastest in Japan at that time, and delivered it to Kasumigaseki Building, Japan's first skyscraper. Hitachi has continued to provide innovative products and services that support the advancement of urbanization. In China, Hitachi has operated its elevators and escalators business since 1980s. In 1995, it founded Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. (3)('Hitachi Elevator China'), a manufacturing, sales and service company for elevators and escalators. China's new elevators and escalators market has become the world's largest, where demand exceeds 500,000 units, which accounts for more than 50% of global demand. Hitachi Elevator China achieved the top share in the number of new elevators and escalators units ordered in China in 2018 (4).
In 2012, working with Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. ('Hitachi Building Systems') and Hitachi Elevator China, Hitachi received an order for 151 elevators and escalators for Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, and proceeded with the deliveries sequentially. Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, one of the world class skyscraper complex buildings that is 530 m tall, constructed in Zhujiang New Town Central Business District, Guangzhou, China. The building consists of offices, serviced apartments, hotels and commercial facilities. On September 10, Rosewood Guangzhou, the hotel on 93F to 108F, started operation. 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.
Moving forward, Hitachi will continue to utilize cutting-edge digital technology broadly to develop products and services and globally provide safe, secure and comfortable elevators and escalators as well as services that help resolve customers' various issues in urban spaces to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
(1) Official record name: The fastest lift (elevator)(2) 1,260 m/min = 75.6 km/h (47 mi/h) = 21 m/s(3) It was founded as Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co. Ltd., a fifty-fifty joint venture by the Hitachi Group and Guangzhou Guangri Group Co., Ltd. In 2004, it became a consolidated subsidiary of Hitachi (70% investment ratio). In 2007, its company name changed to Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd.(4) According to Hitachi's research as of September 2019
Overview of the World's Fastest Elevator
Rated speed (5)
Ascending: 1,260 m/min; descending: 600 m/min
Capacity
1,600 kg · 21 persons
Quantity
1 unit
Distance
440.4 m
Stop floor
1F, 3F, 4F, 95F
Production
Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd., Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd.
Installation
Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd.
Technical features
Ultra-fast travel with the development of traction machine and control equipment that balances high power and compactness
High comfortability from the development of a capsule-structure car using high-speed rail technology, active guide equipment to reduce the vibration of the car and a pressure control method to mitigate blocked ears (clogged ears)
High safety standards from the development of brake equipment that uses superior heat resistance friction material, as well as electronic safety equipment and a system that adopts functional safety technology
(5)The travel speed may change at Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre depending on the situation of use.
Presentation Ceremony of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Official Certificate and the Record Holder Logo
Overview of Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
Usage
Owner
Location
Floors
Complex facility building
(hotels/offices/serviced apartments/commercial facilities)
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is focusing on Social Innovation Business combining its operational technology, information technology and products. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal 2018 (ended March 31, 2019) totaled 9,480.6 billion yen ($85.4 billion), and the company has approximately 296,000 employees worldwide. Hitachi delivers digital solutions utilizing Lumada in five sectors including Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy and IT, to increase our customer's social, environmental and economic value. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at https://www.hitachi.com.
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Hitachi specializes in manufacturing and marketing of electronic and industrial equipments. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products and services as follows:
- social infrastructure and industrial systems (24.7%): elevators, escalators, industrial facilities, railway systems, power generation units, etc. The group also provides engineering and construction of nuclear, hydroelectric, and thermal power plants services;
- information and telecommunications products and services (20.1%): systems integration, cloud computing, software, servers, hard disks, PCs, ATMs, data communication base stations, payment terminals, etc.;
- materials and components (16.6%): semi-conductor materials, printed circuit cards, cables, copper and forged steel products, magnetic materials, organic and inorganic chemical products, etc.;
- construction equipment (10%) : hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, mining equipment, etc.;
- automotive systems (9.4%): powertrain systems, control systems, etc.;
- electronic products (9.2%): fiber-optic components, screen tubes, testing and measurement equipment, medical equipment, equipment for manufacturing semiconductors, etc.;
- household appliances (4.7%): heating and air conditioning equipments, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.;
- other (5.3%): mainly transport, financial and logistical services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (49.2%), Asia (21.3%), North America (12.7%), Europe (10.8%) and other (6%).
Hitachi : Elevator Delivered to Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre, a Skyscraper Complex Building in China, Received a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title as the World's Fastest