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The company was founded in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1874, by Robert Schindler and Eduard Villiger, who established the collective joint partnership Schindler & Villiger. Shortly thereafter, a mechanical engineering workshop was built on an island in the river Reuss in Lucerne for the production of lifting equipment and machines of all types.
1874: Robert Schindler (pictured) and Eduard Villiger establish the collective joint partnership: Schindler & Villiger. 1883: Move to the newly built plant at Sentimattstrasse in Lucerne. 1892: The first electric elevator with belt drive is built.
Schindler was founded in 1874 by Robert Schindler and Eduard Villiger. Soon, they established a mechanical engineering workshop on an island in the Reuss River in Lucerne, Switzerland. At that time, the company was called "Schindler & Villiger".
1874: Robert Schindler (pictured) and Eduard Villiger establish the collective joint partnership: Schindler & Villiger. 1883 : Move to the newly built plant at Sentimattstrasse in Lucerne. 1892 : The first electric lift with belt drive is built.
Eduard Villiger establish the collective joint partner-ship Schindler & Villiger. 1971 Trading in shares of Schindler Holding AG on the main Zurich Stock Exchange begins. 1980 First industrial joint venture of the People’s Republic of China with a western company. China Schindler Elevator Co. is established in Beijing. 1892 The first electric ...
Sep 23, 2014 · How did the company get started? In 1874, twenty years after Elisha Otis was demonstrating his elevator brake at the New York World’s Fair two Swiss gentleman, Robert Schindler and Eduard Villiger founded a general partnership company in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Aug 22, 2013 · The company was founded in Switzerland in 1874, by Robert Schindler and Eduard Villiger who established the collective joint partnership Schindler & Villiger. Shortly thereafter, a mechanical engineering workshop was built on an island in the River Reuss inLucerne, Switzerland, for the production of lifting equipment and machines of all types.
