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General information Native name: 三菱電機グループ Country: Japan Established: 15 January 1921 Founder: ? Headquarters: Tokyo Building, 2-7-3, Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Website: mitsubishielectric.com/elevator mebs.com Status: Operating Notes: Largest elevator manufacturer in the Japanese market

Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation (MEBS) is a division of Japanese multinational company Mitsubishi which manufactures elevators and escalators.

Overview

Part of the Japanese multinational company Mitsubishi Group and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the division (then part of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, established on 15 January 1921) began manufacturing elevators in 1931. At the beginning, it produced elevators under technical cooperation with Westinghouse of the United States before it began developing its own products.

The main factory, Inazawa Works, is located in Inazawa city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and was opened in 1964. It has an elevator test tower called SOLAÉ which was the tallest elevator test tower in the world when it was completed in 2008. Overseas, there are factories located in 11 countries, with Indonesia being one of them.

On 1 April 2022, the elevator business was transferred to a new subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation (MEBS) following a company split.

It is one of the largest elevator manufacturers in the world just behind the "big four" companies, in this case, Otis, Schindler, TK Elevator and Kone. In its native land Japan, it is currently the largest one based on the number of units sold, followed by Hitachi.

Mitsubishi elevator in Indonesia

In Indonesia, it operates under the name PT. Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator (MJEE), a joint venture between Mitsubishi Electric and the Jaya Group. The head office is located on the 11th floor of Jaya Building in Thamrin, Jakarta which is equipped with Mitsubishi elevators. It also houses a marketing gallery where samples of product material are being showcased for customers.

On 30 March 2022, another elevator showroom was opened on the 11th floor of Trinity Tower in Jakarta.

There is an elevator factory in the Karawang International Industrial City (KIIC) in Karawang, West Java. As of 2013, it occupied a 19,400 square meters land which consist of a main building, a warehouse and a training tower completed in 2004. A second plant was completed in mid 2015. According to Mitsubishi Electric, the factory serves as a production base for elevators while combining major parts from Mitsubishi Elevator Asia Co. Ltd. (AMEC) in Thailand and MJEE as a mean to reduce costs and delivery time.

As of 2022, MJEE has representative offices located in Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang, Bali, Lombok, Medan, Batam, Pekanbaru, Palembang, Samarinda and Makassar, as well as maintenance depots in Pekanbaru, Padang, Palembang, Samarinda and Balikpapan. Warehouses for storing elevator spare parts are located in Jakarta and Karawang (as of 2013).

History

Mitsubishi started installing elevators in Indonesia in 1971. At that time, Mitsubishi elevators were supplied and installed by PT. Jaya Teknik Indonesia - Elevator Division, a subsidiary (?) of Jaya group. On October 5, 1996, Mitsubishi's elevator business in Indonesia was officially established under the name PT. Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator (or MJEE), formed under a joint venture between Mitsubishi and the Jaya Group. The company commenced operation on the 1st of January of the following year.

An elevator factory was opened on 25 August 1997 in Karawang, West Java. Built on a 20.000 square meters of land, it was intended to manufacture elevators locally to fulfill the local market. At the time it was established, it had a capacity to make 460 units per year. It was reported that the factory exported its first batch of elevators to Japan in 1998. Later in mid 2015, a second plant was opened in the same area.

The first Mitsubishi elevator with a permanent magnet (PM) gearless machine in Indonesia was installed at The Four Seasons Apartment, Jakarta in 1997. Four years later, the first Mitsubishi machine room less elevator in Indonesia was installed at the Jakarta Japanese School in Tangerang, Banten.

In 2003, two spiral escalators were installed at WTC Mangga Dua, Jakarta. They were awarded by the Indonesian Record Museum (Indonesian: Museum Rekor Indonesia or MURI) as "the first spiral escalators installed in Indonesia". Also at the same year, the first Mitsubishi NexWay in Indonesia was installed at the headquarters of Bank Mega in South Jakarta. In 2004, an elevator test tower for training was completed in the Karawang factory.

The first Mitsubishi DOAS destination dispatch elevator system in Indonesia was installed at UOB Plaza, Jakarta in 2007. Two years later, MJEE installed another DOAS at The Plaza Office Tower, Jakarta. It is the first Mitsubishi DOAS in the world integrated with security gates (turnstiles).

In May 2024, MJEE began supplying elevators and escalators for the first phase of the new capital relocation (IKN) project in Nusantara, the new capital city located in West Kalimantan. The order, which consists of 33 elevators and 22 escalators for the new Presidential Palace and other key government facilities, was secured on 26 February 2024.

Application in Indonesia

Mitsubishi is one of the largest "players" in the Indonesian elevator market, as well as one of the largest Japanese elevator companies operating in the country. They are commonly found in high end office buildings, hotels, shopping centers as well as a number of hospitals, residential buildings, smaller office and commercial buildings and universities. They are also used in some government and ministry buildings in Jakarta, as well as several mayor's offices and the Jakarta City Hall.

Elevator models

YouTube videos available A blue colored text on a "Known installations in Indonesia" list indicates YouTube video link of the elevator(s) from the listed location. A striked location name means that the elevator(s) in that particular location is no longer exist.

Note: Models listed in Italic have no known names.

1970s to 1980s

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SP Type

SP Type was a standard passenger elevator model produced from 1970 until around the early 1980s. It is based on the Mitsubishi Elepet model in Japan which was sold from 1961 until 1979.

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High speed type

An unnamed gearless high speed elevator model for high rise buildings produced between the 1970s and 1980s. The controllers were initially mechanical relays before they were succeeded by microprocessors.

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SP-III

This is a standard passenger elevator model with microprocessor control, believed to be released in 1982. It is based on the Mitsubishi Elepet Advance model in Japan which had been sold since 1979. SP-III was discontinued in the late 1980s and was succeeded by Mitsubishi SPVF.

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SPVF

A standard passenger elevator model released in 1984 and is based on the Mitsubishi Elepet Advande V model in Japan. It was the first Mitsubishi model to adopt a VVVF inverter. Discontinued in the 1990s.

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Low cost type (1980s)

An unnamed low cost standard passenger elevator model for low rise buildings. The design was standardized and fixtures were simplified with a simple segmented floor indicator display and no door close button. In Indonesia, it was mainly installed in small office buildings.

Late 1980s to mid 1990s

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SPVF

Released in the 1980s, SPVF was a standard traction elevator with VVVF for low to mid rise buildings. It was mainly seen in low to mid rise office buildings and hotels that were built between the very late 1980s and early 1990s. Discontinued in the mid 1990s and succeeded by Mitsubishi GPS. It was based on the Mitsubishi Elepet Advance V model that was exclusively sold in Japan.

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High rise model (1990s)

This was a custom type high speed passenger elevator model for mid to high rise office buildings built in the early 1990s. Discontinued and succeeded by Mitsubishi GPM.

Mid to late 1990s

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GPS & GPS-II

A standard traction elevator model produced in the 1990s, replacing the SPVF. It was discontinued in the late 1990s and succeeded by Mitsubishi GPS-III, which is basically an improved model of GPS. It is a model that is mainly seen in hotels, medium sized office buildings and high rise apartments. Based on the Mitsubishi GRANDEE model that was sold exclusively in Japan.

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GPM

A custom type high speed elevator model for high rise buildings, produced in the 1990s. Discontinued in the late 1990s and succeeded by Mitsubishi GPM-III, which is basically an improved model of GPS.

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Standard hydraulic elevators (passenger/freight)

A standard hydraulic passenger and freight elevator model produced in the 1990s.

Late 1990s to mid 2000s

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GPS-III

Released in 1997, it was a standard traction elevator model for low to mid rise buildings. A bed elevator variant for hospitals (GPS-BIII) was also available as well as a special variant for modernization of old Mitsubishi elevators (GPS-IIIMZ), both variants were released in 1999. It was basically a successor and improvement of Mitsubishi GPS. Discontinued in the mid 2000s and was succeeded by Mitsubishi NexWay-S. Mainly seen in some shopping centers (especially those that are managed by Duta Pertiwi) as well as high rise apartments.

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GPS-IIIMZ

A special variant of GPS-III for modernizing old Mitsubishi elevators in low to mid rise buildings. Released in 1999, and discontinued in the mid 2000s. Its successor is Mitsubishi ELEMOTION, the current and only modernization model.

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GPM-III

Mitsubishi's custom type high speed elevator model launched in 1997. It is a successor of their previous high speed model GPM and it uses the same design as the one in the GPS-III model. It was sold until around the mid 2000s when it was discontinued and replaced by NexWay High Speed, Mitsubishi's current model for the high rise segment.

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GPM-IIIMZ

A special variant of GPM-IIIMZ for modernizing old high speed Mitsubishi elevators in high rise buildings. Discontinued in the 2000s and was succeeded by NexWay Modernization.

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GPX

Released in 1998, it was a cost effective passenger elevator model for low rise buildings. It is essentially a trimmed down version of GPS-III that lacked any additional features and options. Discontinued around the late 2000s.

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GPQ

Released in 1999, it was Mitsubishi's first machine room less elevator model. It adopts a bottom drive configuration where the machine sits on the pit. It was based on the ELEPAQ model that was sold exclusively in Japan, and the design used in this model is the same as the GPS-III. This model has not yet been found in Indonesia.

2001 to 2010s

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Almost all of these models were produced by Mitsubishi Elevator Asia (AMEC) in Chonburi, Thailand, unless otherwise stated.

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Elenessa

Released in 2001, it is Mitsubishi's second machine room less elevator model after GPQ. It is based on the Mitsubishi ELEPAQ-i model that was sold exclusively in Japan, but the only difference is that Elenessa adopts a top drive configuration where the machine is placed near the top of the shaft. There were three known variants:

• Elenessa: The first variant released in 2001.
• Elenessa Series-IP/AP: Improvement of the original variant, released in 2006.
• Elenessa Series IP/AP Version2: An improvement of the original Series-IP/AP variant, released in 2009.

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NexWay-S

Released in 2003, it is a model of traction elevator with an overhead machine room for low to mid rise buildings. There were three variants:

• NexWay-S Series IP/AP: A variant with smaller (compact) machine room. Released in 2003.
• NexWay-S Series AW: A variant with conventional size machine room. Released in 2005.
• NexWay-S Series AW Hospital: A bed elevator variant of NexWay-S Series AW for hospitals. Discontinued and succeeded by NEXIEZ-MR Hospital.
• NexWay-S Series IP/AP Version2: An improvement of the original Series IP/AP. Released in 2009.

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NexWay

Released in 2002, it is the flagship model of custom high speed elevator for high rise buildings. It is a successor of Mitsubishi GPM-III.

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GFM-T

It is a heavy duty freight elevator model with a capacity range between 750 and 6000 kilograms. The doors are telescopic sliding type which can be two or three speed, or even a two speed vertical sliding door. It uses the same fixtures as the GPS-III model.

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GFC-L2

Released in 2010. It is one of Mitsubishi's three standard freight elevator models for industrial buildings and warehouses currently in-production. It should not be confused with GFC-L3 which is also a freight elevator model and has similar appearance (except for the fixtures). The difference is that GFC-L2 uses worm or helical geared machine, while GFC-L3 uses gearless machine. It uses the same fixtures as the early NexWay-S and Elenessa elevators. GFC-L2 is currently manufactured by Mitsubishi Elevator Taiwan.

2010s to present

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NEXIEZ

It is the current lineup of low to medium speed passenger elevator models for the global markets since 2010. The name "NEXIEZ" is a combination of the words "Next" and "Axis". As of May 2024, there were seven different models in this lineup but only five are currently sold in Indonesia. All five models are manufactured by Mitsubishi Elevator Asia Co., Ltd. (AMEC) in, Chonburi, Thailand.

• NEXIEZ-MR: Standard conventional passenger elevator model with machine room. Launched in 2010 and is the debut (first) model in the lineup. The bed elevator variant for hospitals is called NEXIEZ-MR Hospital.

• NEXIEZ-MRL: Standard machine room less passenger elevator model. Launched in 2011.

• NEXIEZ-MRL Version2: An improvement model of the original NEXIEZ-MRL. Launched in October 2021.

• NEXIEZ-S: Small sized low cost machine room less passenger elevator model for small residential and basic commercial buildings up to 10 floors. Launched in August 2016.

• NEXIEZ-Fit: Low cost machine room less passenger elevator model for residential buildings up to 10 floors. Launched on 23 May 2024.

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NexWay-S Series IP/AP Version2 and Series IP

It is a model of passenger traction elevator with a smaller overhead machine room. It is hardly seen as a new installation nowadays due to the popularity of NEXIEZ-MR as the current mainstream model.

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Elenessa Series IP/AP Version 2

Originally a conventional machine room less model, it is now a large capacity model. Likewise, it is difficult to see as a new installation nowadays due to the popularity of NEXIEZ-MRL as the current mainstream and flagship machine room less model. The model is currently manufactured at the Inazawa Works in Japan.

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NexWay

It is the current flagship model of custom type high speed elevator for high rise buildings, produced since 2002 as a successor of GPM-III. It is manufactured at the Inazawa Works factory in Japan.

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NexWay Package R

Released in 2018, it is a high speed version of NexWay-S for high rise apartment buildings in developing markets. It is essentially a low-end version of NexWay with limited specification ranges and options.

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GFM-T

This is a heavy duty freight elevator model with a capacity range between 750 and 6000 kilograms. The doors are telescopic sliding type which can be two or three speed, or even a two speed vertical sliding door. It uses the same fixtures as the GPS-III model, and can also be installed as a vehicle elevator.

Known installations in Indonesia:

• Menara BRILian, Jakarta
• Graha Paramita II Bintaro, South Tangerang, Banten

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GFC-L3

It is one of Mitsubishi's three standard freight elevator models for industrial buildings and warehouses currently in-production. It should not be confused with GFC-L2 which is also a freight elevator model but uses geared machine. The difference is that GFC-L3 uses gearless machine and uses the same fixtures as the current NEXIEZ series elevators. Like GFC-L2, it is currently manufactured by Taiwan Mitsubishi Elevator.

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SHA/SVC (formerly SVC/SED)

It is Mitsubishi's current home elevator model, mainly used in private houses and occasionally smaller commercial buildings. In 2023, the model was updated by replacing the SED type with the new SHA type.

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ELEMOTION

Released in 2001, it is a model for upgrading (modernization) old Mitsubishi elevators that are 20 years and older. It is also a successor of GPS-IIIMZ as well as NexWay Modernization in the high speed segment.

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NexWay Modernization

Released in 2011, it was a model for modernization of older high speed Mitsubishi elevators in high rise buildings. Discontinued in 2021 after being on the product lineup for 10 years, and high rise modernization is now covered by ELEMOTION.

DOAS

Main article: Mitsubishi DOAS

DOAS (shorts for Destination Oriented Allocation System) is Mitsubishi's current destination dispatch system produced since 2003.

It is usually seen in high rise office buildings in Jakarta. The first DOAS system in Indonesia was installed in 2007 at UOB Plaza, Jakarta.

Shanghai Mitsubishi

Main article: Shanghai Mitsubishi

Shanghai Mitsubishi is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric, established in 1987. A number of Shanghai Mitsubishi elevators have been installed in Indonesia by third-party distributors since the 1990s.

Notable Mitsubishi elevator installations

Main article: List of notable Mitsubishi elevator installations in Indonesia

There are many buildings in Indonesia installed with Mitsubishi elevators. Some of the notable/well known ones are:

Jakarta and surroundings

• Sentral Senayan complex:
  • Plaza Senayan
  • Sentral Senayan I, II and III
  • Fairmont Jakarta
  • Plaza Senayan Residences
• The Plaza Office Tower
• UOB Plaza (the first Mitsubishi DOAS installed in Indonesia)
• Sinarmas Land Plaza
• The Landmark Jakarta Tower I and II
• Sampoerna Strategic Square
• Lotte Shopping Avenue - Ciputra World Jakarta 1
• Wisma Nusantara & Pullman Jakarta Thamrin
• Indonesia Stock Exchange Building 1
• Podomoro City:
  • NEO SOHO
  • NEO SOHO Residences
  • SOHO Capital
• WTC Mangga Dua (also contains the first and (so far) only spiral escalators in Indonesia)
• Indonesia Convention and Exhibition (ICE), Serpong, Banten

Other cities/provinces

• Bandung Electronic Center, Bandung
• Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
• Alila Solo, Surakarta
• Tunjungan Plaza 3 and 5, Surabaya
• JW Marriott Surabaya
• Juanda International Airport, Sidoarjo
• Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, Bali
• Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua Beach Resort, Bali
• The Westin Nusa Dua, Bali
• Indigo Seminyak Hotel, Bali (2017)
• Sun Plaza, Medan

Unique features and characteristics

• Pressing a floor button twice will cause the selected floor to be cancelled (car canceling). Not all Mitsubishi elevators have this feature as it is optional, and it will not work on most elevators that serve only two or three floors.

• During energy saving mode (i.e. car lights off and exterior floor indicator is dimmed), the door open button remain illuminate until the elevator is used again. This is probably a sign to tell passengers that the elevator is not stuck and they can safely get out by pressing the door open button should they happened to be in the elevator. In addition, the interior floor indicator is off.

• If an elevator is set to out of service, all the exterior floor indicators will go off but the inside one doesn't.

• If there is a hall call prediction feature, the hall lantern of the nearest elevator to serve that call will illuminate once the call button is pressed, and then flashes when the elevator is arriving.

Tricks

Triggering the AAN-B (Basic Announcement) voices

It is possible to trigger a hidden voice announcement (AAN-B / Basic Announcement) in a Mitsubishi elevator with a door close chime (i.e. the "ding" sound when the door starts to close). These announcements will only sound under the following conditions:

• If no floor button is pressed after the door has closed, a voice saying "Please press the button for the desired floor" will sound.
• If you hold the door open for too long or reopen the door for at least three times, a voice saying "Door closing" will sound followed by a rapid continuous tone sound (nudge mode).
• If you select a locked floor, a voice saying "Sorry, the floor selected is a restricted floor" (newer voice) or "Button for non-serviced floor does not light up" (older voice) will sound.
• If the elevator is heavily used, a voice saying "Sorry to keep you waiting" will occasionally sound.
• If the elevator is full, a voice saying "Overload! Someone please step out!" will sound followed by a buzzer sound.

Reserved Operation mode

Reserved Operation is a special mode only found in Mitsubishi bed elevators, which allows the elevator to be operated independently for medical emergency service. It can be activated by pressing the door open and door hold button at the same time. It only works in the GPS-BIII, NexWay-S Series AW Hospital, NEXIEZ-MR Hospital and ELEMOTION (modernized) bed elevators, and will only work once. After that, the elevator will return to normal operation.

In this mode:

• • Hall calls will be ignored, and the elevator will only respond to a single car call at a time. It is possible to select multiple floors but they will be cancelled in the end.
  • The door must be manually closed by holding down the desired floor button. If you let go the button, the door will reopen.
  • The "In USE" (outside) and "RESERVED OPERATION" (inside) lamp will light up.

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  Reserved Operation lamp on a Mitsubishi NEXIEZ-MR Hospital elevator.

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  Reserved Operation lamp on a Mitsubishi GPS-BIII elevator.

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  Reserved Operation mode enabled in a Mitsubishi ELEMOTION elevator, with detailed information shown on the floor indicator.

Trivia

• Mitsubishi is the second of the four major Japanese elevator manufacturers to enter Indonesia after Hitachi, who entered in the 1960s.

• In terms of destination dispatch elevator installations, Mitsubishi currently holds the third position of having the most number of destination dispatch elevators installed in Indonesia after Schindler and Kone (1st and 2nd respectively).

• • It is currently the first and only major Japanese manufacturer to have successfully installed destination dispatch elevators in Indonesia.
• Out of the four major Japanese brands in Indonesia, it is the most popular one in the country.

• Mitsubishi is one of the only three major elevator manufacturers in Indonesia having a training facility. The other two are Schindler and Kone.

• It is currently the only major elevator manufacturer having an elevator factory in Indonesia. Fujitec once had a factory in Batam, Riau Islands but it has since closed down. Mitsubishi's factory in Indonesia produces elevators and exports them to other countries. It is unknown if it also produce elevators for the domestic market.

• It is currently the only major Japanese elevator manufacturer in Indonesia that belongs to a local firm, in this case, the Jaya Group which runs in the construction and development field. This is why the company's full name is Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator (MJEE).
• As of 2013, the shareholders of MJEE were Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Building Techno Service Co. Ltd., and PT. Pembangunan Jaya.

• Mitsubishi Electric initially manufactured elevators with technical cooperation with Westinghouse Electric Corpration of USA, so some features found in early Mitsubishi elevators were based on Westinghouse. Initially they used Westinghouse's components and later modifying them to suit with local conditions.

• MJEE's slogan is "Lift up the world with Diamond quality" (Indonesian: "Mengangkat dunia dengan kualitas Berlian").

• PT. Jaya Teknik Indonesia, the former distributor, still has a role in the local elevator market. It is currently a distributor of Chinese elevator brand SANEI.

• Ir. Soedjono, the deputy director of Jaya Teknik Indonesia during the 1990s, was also the head of Asosiasi Produsen dan Pemborong Lift dan Eskalator Indonesia (APPLE / Indonesia Lift and Escalator Manufacturer and Contractor Association).

• Mitsubishi products are often installed in properties managed by Sinarmas Land, including some ITC and other low to middle class shopping centers managed by its subsidiary Duta Pertiwi. Their headquarters in Jakarta (Sinarmas Land Plaza 2) is also equipped with Mitsubishi elevators.

• Since the 2010s, it also distributes Shanghai Mitsubishi escalators and moving walks. Most of its newer projects have a combination of Mitsubishi elevators and Shanghai Mitsubishi escalators and/or moving walks (e.g. NEO SOHO Podomoro City, Fairmont Jakarta, AEON Mall Deltamas, etc.).

See also

• Shanghai Mitsubishi - Mitsubishi's Chinese subsidiary based in Shanghai, China.

External links

• Mitsubishi Electric
• Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation