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We improve the quality of urban life around the world through our passion for moving people.

TK Elevator (TKE) blends safety, reliability, and innovation into precision-engineered solutions that help our customers ensure smooth people movement. Our dedicated teams engineer, install, and service the most comprehensive suite of mobility solutions - elevators, escalators, moving walks, passenger boarding bridges, and home lifts - with customer and passenger care in mind. Our fresh thinking has led to breakthrough products, digital solutions, and service programs aimed at moving accessibility beyond conventional means.

Engineering pioneer. Service at our center. We are moved by what moves the world.

Customer success stories

Moving more than 1.5 billion people daily through cities and airports.

We value deep customer relationships in solving their unique challenges to ensure universal accessibility. Explore how TKE is shaping the future with leading-edge solutions that anticipate the demands of modern society.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Airports

Egypt

Egypt’s New Administrative Capital

Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok metro and railway

Doha, Qatar - Hong Kong, China

Two Elevator World Awards

Sydney, Australia

Sydney Metro at Southwest Line

Cologne, Germany

Cologne Subway

New York, USA

One World Trade Center

Toronto, Canada

Lester B. Pearson International Airport

Malmö, Sweden

Turning Torso

Shanghai, China

Shanghai World Financial Center

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Our leading-edge solutions

We lead the industry with the widest product portfolio designed for exceptional buildings and expanding urban areas. Our unique digital solutions portfolio, multi-sector experience, and dedication to Universal Service adds value to all types of buildings and spaces.

TWIN – Our unique elevator system

2 cabins, 1 shaft, 0 crowds

Say hello to EOX

Our eco-efficient and digitally native elevator

AGILE – Passenger focus

Make every ride an experience

MAX – Improve service quality

Optimize every building´s potential

MULTI – The world’s first rope-free elevator

Moving multiple cars in a single shaft vertically and horizontally

MAX Automate

World’s first fully remote-operated hub

Universal Service by TKE

ANY BRAND
Our 25,000+ technicians are trained and supplied to service multi-brand vertical transportation equipment to the highest industry standards.

ANY PLACE
We’ve invested in building one of the industry’s most comprehensive worldwide local coverage network to service customers anywhere.

ANY TIME
As a trusted partner, we’re available 24/7/365 to ensure maximum possible portfolio-wide uptime via remote and on-site support.

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150+ years of mobility innovation

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world’s first fully remote-operated hub with MAX Automate
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport becomes the first major airport globally to remotely operate Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) across five terminals.

MAX Automate redefines digital airport operations by enhancing efficiency, sustainability, and safety standards.

TKE LAUNCHES UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Universal Service by TK Elevator, an industry-leading support platform, brings flexible (any brand) and comprehensive elevator service coverage with prompt assistance anywhere in the world.
TKE UNVEILS AGILE TERMINAL DESIGN; LAUNCHES MAX HOME & EOX RENEW
Our next-gen AGILE Destination Controls terminal showcases our dedication to design and customer-centric service with an intuitive display for maximum convenience and seamless integration with modern building aesthetics.

Our MAX HOME cloud-based solution for predictive maintenance of stairlifts provides peace of mind for users with real-time notifications and diagnostics that ensure maintenance is performed when required to maximize availability.

Our flexible EOX Renew elevator brings future-proof access to older low- and mid-rise residential buildings.

TKE LAUNCHES EOX; INTRODUCES APRONVISION
The new EOX eco-efficient and digitally native elevator platform contributes to energy efficiency [ E ], puts customers at the centre and goes full circle [ O ] on the needs of everyone who designs, constructs, manages or uses a building, and digitally transforms [ X ] the everyday elevator.

ApronVision, advances fully automated and integrated Apron Operations Systems by enabling full automation and digitalization to the apron, ensuring maximum safety and efficiency, highest turnaround performance, integration with bridge automation technologies, and real-time data of the apron.

TKE launches global smart spare parts strategy
A new state-of-the-art warehouse in Madrid reduces waiting times for elevator spare parts by 20% and saves 10% of travel by service technicians. The initiative includes a sustainability plan for recycling, emissions reduction and protection of the environment.
TKE unveils robotics interface platform; Presents Remote Control Systems for PBBs
The state-of-the-art interface allows robots to move freely regardless of building size or height and reinforces the commitment to creating smarter building transportation solutions through advanced engineering.

Also, Airport Solutions showcases its latest innovation, the Remote Control System, which allows passenger boarding bridges to be safely controlled by an operator at a remote post.

TKE introduces elevator product lines for low- and mid-rise buildings in Europe; Launches VR Showrooms
New ‘synergy’ and ‘evolution’ elevator families save energy and provide maximum space to improve urban mobility by delivering customized mobility solutions.

In addition, new virtual reality showrooms across Asia and the Middle East give visitors an immersive view of new MULTI and TWIN elevators to experience the new transport solutions from the inside out.

TKE launches AGILE, HoloLinc; Opens Rottweil; Presents MULTI
AGILE enables riders to reach their destination faster by efficiently allocating people to elevators by floor. Allows real-time passenger flow adjustment and personalized touchscreens and dial-up terminals.

The new HoloLinc process enables customers to view a stairlift solution in their own homes and get their customized solution up to 4x faster.

TKE opens the iconic Rottweil test tower building, which boasts Germany’s highest observation deck at 232m and is home to the first functional unit of MULTI, the world’s first ropeless and bi-directional elevator.

TKE introduces MAX
MAX, the elevator industry’s first real-time, cloud-based predictive maintenance service solution paves the way for game-changing elevator service.
TKE launches ACCEL
ACCEL, a new moving walkway system that helps alleviate traffic congestion at metro stations and airports helps foster faster urban mobility.
TKE introduces iwalk
iwalk showcases a radical new engineering approach to moving walks with the first pitless modular concept that addresses most conventional design restrictions and offers new possibilities for architects and owners.
TKE opens Innovation Center in Spain
The TK Elevator Innovation Center in Gijón, Spain, becomes home to our most advanced real-scale prototyping laboratory, fostering innovation investment in our modern mobility solutions.
TKE helps passengers board largest aircraft
Airbus and airlines partner with TKE to design and install highly engineered passenger boarding bridges at key airports for the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380. The plane measures as long as two blue whales and as tall as five giraffes.
TKE installs first TWIN elevator
TWIN, the world’s first elevator with two independent cabins in one shaft, finds its first of many homes at the University of Stuttgart.
TKE installs world’s longest escalator
At 100 meters long and a 30% slope, the world’s longest escalator at that time goes into operation at the Namesti Miru subway station in Prague, thanks to TKE.
Our beginnings
Our history dates to the 1860s and 1880s with our predecessor companies in Hamburg and Stuttgart, Germany and their first vertical people conveyor, the Paternoster, in 1890 and Germany’s first escalator in 1906. In the 1950s, former Thyssen Industrie acquired a stake in these companies.

After 1970, acquisitions of elevator manufacturers in Germany and Western Europe, and construction of an elevator factory in Neuhausen, advanced our elevator and escalator innovation.

Our solutions for your applications

We support the diverse needs of architects, consultants, developers, and constructors with innovative, reliable, and sustainable mobility solutions. From efficient office spaces and comfortable residential buildings to seamless transportation hubs and specialized healthcare facilities, TKE elevates every space.

Office buildings

The first impression is what counts

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Residential

Making people feel right at home

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Transportation

Taking the rush out of rush hour

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Healthcare

When reliability and speed matter most

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Hotels

Give your guests the red-carpet treatment

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Public buildings

Get them there on time, every time

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Retail buildings

Give them more time to shop

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Airports

Optimize passenger flow

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Entertainment

Safety is the name of the game

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Office buildings

Office buildings

The first impression is what counts

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Residential

Residential

Making people feel right at home

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Transportation

Transportation

Taking the rush out of rush hour

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Healthcare

Healthcare

When reliability and speed matter most

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Hotels

Hotels

Give your guests the red-carpet treatment

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Public buildings

Public buildings

Get them there on time, every time

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Retail buildings

Retail buildings

Give them more time to shop

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Airports

Airports

Optimize passenger flow

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Entertainment

Entertainment

Safety is the name of the game

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TKE worldwide

Facts and figures

> 1000

Support centers globally

~ 50000

Employees

25000

Service technicians worldwide

> 1.5 billion

People moved daily through cities and airports



News and stories

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TK Elevator wins iF Design Award 2025

Apr 17, 2025

TK Elevator Korea created a futuristic curved concept design for its unique TWIN elevators and is recognized in the iF Design Award 2025 for it, under ‘Product Concepts’ category.

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TK Elevator transforms Madrid Airport into world’s first fully remote-operated hub with MAX Automate

Apr 8, 2025

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport becomes the first major airport globally to remotely operate Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) across five terminals.

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TK Elevator secures substantial service contract for Dubai International passenger and airport equipment

Mar 10, 2025

TK Elevator (TKE) further solidified its role as a premier infrastructure partner in the Middle East with a new 10-year contract with Dubai Airports.

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TKE and Alat announce strategic joint venture; Alat also to become long-term TKE shareholder

Feb 24, 2025

TK Elevator and Alat are forming a €160 million joint venture to manufacture and provide elevator and escalator solutions in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region, powering future organic growth.

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TK Elevator secures strategic projects in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital to shape the future of urban mobility

Feb 13, 2025

TK Elevator secures orders for a total of 185 units in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital.

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TK Elevator to debut at MIPIM 2025 in Cannes: Driving innovation in sustainable urban mobility

Jan 31, 2025

TK Elevator (TKE) announces its participation in MIPIM 2025, the world’s leading real estate exhibition and conference, taking place from March 11 to 14 in Cannes, France.

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TK Elevator Universal Service platform ensures reliable accessibility to Thailand metro and railway systems

Jan 22, 2025

TK Elevator (TKE) brings its industry-leading Universal Service platform to Thailand, aimed at enhancing the metro and railway systems in Bangkok.

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TK Elevator recognized for innovative mobility solutions with two Elevator World 2025 Project of the Year Awards

Jan 10, 2025

TK Elevator (TKE) has won two Elevator World 2025 Project of the Year Awards for escalator and moving walks installations. TKE demonstrated outstanding capabilities to bring strong solution expertise and technical implementation within architecturally challenging environments.

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TK Elevator reports record financial results for FY 2023/2024 with €9.3 billion sales and €1.5 billion adjusted EBITDA

Dec 23, 2024

TK Elevator (TKE) achieved strong strategic and operational progress in its fiscal year 2023/2024 resulting in significant top line and profitability growth.

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TK Elevator enhances Sydney Metro City Line with new mobility and service solutions

Oct 22, 2024

TK Elevator (TKE) announces another prominent infrastructure project as the technology and service provider for the newly inaugurated Sydney Metro City Line, one of Australia’s biggest public transport initiatives.

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TK Elevator delivers escalator design and digital solutions to modernize major public transport provider in Germany

Sep 17, 2024

TK Elevator (TKE) has been awarded a notable contract to modernize numerous escalators in the subway stations of Cologne, Germany.

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TK Elevator brings Universal Service Platform to Dubai Airports

Sep 10, 2024

TK Elevator (TKE) has strengthened its position as a premier infrastructure partner in the Middle East through a substantial service contract with Dubai Airports.

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TK Elevator Appoints Philipp Mueller as New Chief Financial Officer

Aug 29, 2024

TK Elevator announced today that Philipp Mueller will join the company as chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1, 2024.

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TK Elevator Announces New Executive Leadership Role for Ercan Keles

Aug 29, 2024

Ercan Keles, currently the company’s chief financial officer, has been reappointed as Managing Director of TK Elevator GmbH for an additional three years and is assuming a new business leadership role within the company effective Oct. 1, 2024.

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TK Elevator GmbH Shareholders Appoint New Supervisory Board Member

Aug 6, 2024

TK Elevator today announced that Isabel Hartung has been appointed to TK Elevator GmbH’s Supervisory Board effective July 1, 2024.

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TK Elevator Helps Visitors Descend 750 Feet Below Surface at Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Jul 30, 2024

TK Elevator’s precision engineering ensures safe and inclusive accessibility at the World Heritage site for future generations.

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TK Elevator Wins Red Dot Design Award 2024 for Autonomous Innovation

Jul 23, 2024

TK Elevator has again been recognized for its design expertise with a Red Dot Award honoring the company’s novel elevator cleaning system concept developed by TK Elevator Korea. This marks TK Elevator’s fifth Red Dot Award since becoming an independent company in 2020.

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TK Elevator Leads Escalator Renovation of Iconic Montjuïc Site in Barcelona

Jul 16, 2024

TK Elevator has been selected to modernize all 22 escalators that provide access to the iconic Montjuïc area in Barcelona.

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TK Elevator Secures Record Service Tender in Denmark with Universal Service Platform

Jun 20, 2024

TK Elevator, a global leader in urban mobility solutions, announces a landmark achievement with the largest service tender ever secured in Europe. Awarded by the State and Municipalities' Procurement Service (SKI), the significant contract underscores TK Elevator's strong service capabilities and commitment to excellence.

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TK Elevator enhances mobility at Guangzhou Baiyun train station in China with 150 victoria escalators for high-traffic areas

May 28, 2024

TK Elevator, a global leader for elevator and escalator solutions, marks a significant achievement with the installation of 150 units of its flagship ‘victoria’ escalators at the newly reopened Guangzhou Baiyun train station in China.

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TK Elevator publishes third sustainability report “Moved by What Moves People”, further advancing towards its ambitious sustainability targets

May 16, 2024

TK Elevator’s sustainability commitment recognized by leading sustainability rating agencies, including CDP, Sustainalytics and EcoVadis.

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TK Elevator rises to the top of the tallest office building under construction in Canada

May 8, 2024

As the development of CIBC SQUARE continues, TK Elevator is proud to be a part of the installations at the already-completed 81 Bay Street, as well as the rising tower at 141 Bay Street.

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TK Elevator maximizes operational efficiency at Zayed International Airport

Mar 19, 2024

TK Elevator is providing the new state-of-the-art ‘Terminal A’ at Zayed International Airport (Abu Dhabi) with 106 Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs), 93 Advanced Visual Docking Guidance Systems (A-VDGS) and an MAX Monitor & Control system.

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TK Elevator confirms top sustainability ratings by CDP, EcoVadis and Sustainalytics

Feb 6, 2024

TK Elevator has been included in the prestigious ‘A’ list by CDP for the fourth time in a row, recognizing its leadership role in corporate transparency and performance on climate change.

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Financial year 2022/2023: Top line and profitability reaching new highs

Dec 20, 2023

In its third full year of independence, TK Elevator achieved major strategic progress in repositioning for profitable future growth whilst simultaneously improving its operating performance significantly.

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TK Elevator launches EOX Renew

Oct 5, 2023

TK Elevator introduces EOX Renew, the newest member of the EOX family of elevators for low and medium-rise residential buildings.

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TK Elevator introduces MAX HOME for safe mobility at home

Sep 26, 2023

TK Elevator introduces MAX HOME, the innovative cloud-based, real-time solution for predictive maintenance of stairlifts.

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Matthias Gohl appointed as Chief Digital Officer at TK Elevator

Sep 5, 2023

Matthias Gohl joined TK Elevator as Chief Digital Officer on 1 September 2023. The main focus of his role is sustainable strengthening and consistent expansion of TK Elevator's digital portfolio.

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TK Elevator Wins Red Dot Design Award 2023 for ‘Color Index System’

Aug 30, 2023

This year, the innovative ‘Color Index System’ developed by TK Elevator in Korea was honored with the Red Dot Design Award for Design Concepts, in the Interaction and User Experience category.

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TK Elevator celebrates 20 years of its revolutionary TWIN elevator

Jun 14, 2023

TK Elevator launched TWIN, a unique elevator system with two independently operating cabins in one shaft, in 2003

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