Pillar

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General information Country: Indonesia Established: October 1995 Founder: ? Headquarters: Bandung, Indonesia Website: Currently not available Status: Operating

Pillar (company name: PT. Pillar Utama Contrindo) is one of the several domestic elevator companies in Indonesia.

Overview

It is a domestic elevator established in October 1995 and is based in Bandung, West Java. It was initially a company that only provided elevator and escalator maintenance and until 1998 it was a distributor of an unknown Korean branded elevators and escalators for Bandung and surrounding areas. In 2002, the company began producing its own elevators and the first installation was done in a school in Jakarta. It also installs inclined elevators.

It is perhaps a domestic elevator company with the most number of installations nationwide. Most of its installations are found in small to medium sized shopping malls, hospitals, hotels as well as other privately owned buildings. They are also widely seen in Lippo Group properties nationwide, with escalators being the most seen in many Lippo shopping malls. Some Yogya department stores nationwide are also installed with this brand.

Features

Elevator controllers and components

Almost all controllers are from Chinese manufacturer Shanghai STEP, one of the most popular Chinese brand of elevator controllers.

Most of the elevator components are from Ningbo Shenlong (NBSL) in China.

Fixtures

Pillar has been known to use fixtures from different manufacturers. Older installations from the 2000s until mid 2010s use Shanghai STEP fixtures, consist mostly the EB series square buttons (though other button types were also used) and LED dot matrix displays.

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  COP with Shanghai STEP buttons.
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  Round Shanghai STEP buttons.

Installations between the mid and late 2010s use fixtures made by an unknown Chinese company, these consist of counterfeited Kone KDS 300 square buttons with orange or blue illumination and LED dot matrix displays with square orange dots. Some installations use bigger LCD displays which are capable of displaying multimedia. Very few installations use Hong Jiang fixtures from Taiwan.

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  COP with fake KONE KDS buttons and dot matrix display.
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  COP with fake KONE KDS buttons and LCD display.
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  Fake KONE KDS buttons.

Since the 2020s, most installations use push buttons made by Chinese company DMG-NBSL in Shanghai, China. These buttons can be round and square with orange illumination, and are based on the Italian made DMG buttons in Europe. The floor indicators are white segmented display and LCD with multimedia capability.

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  Current Pillar elevator COP with DMG-NBSL buttons.
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  DMG-NBSL buttons used in a 2021 Pillar elevator.

Escalators and moving walks

Escalators and moving walks sold by Pillar are made by Xinda Escalator from China, possibly as complete built-up (CBU). The design is a counterfeited Schindler 9300 / 9500 product.

Known models

Based on the project list on the company's old website, it appears that Pillar elevator models installed in the 2000s were known as ViP for passenger elevators, ViS (probably service elevators), ViB for bed elevators, and ViO for panoramic elevators. There was also ViPR which appear to be another passenger elevator model but nothing is known about it. All models were traction type.

There were also PF and HUF models installed in the early 2000s. There is no known information about them although HUF is suspected to be a freight elevator model.

Notable installations in Indonesia

Jakarta

• Bassura City Mall
• Lippo Mall Nusantara (formerly Plaza Semanggi) (2025, modernization of service elevators)
  • Gedung Veteran RI (2025, modernization of 2000s Sigma elevators)
• The Park Pejaten (2008, formerly Pejaten Village)
• CSW-ASEAN TOD (2021)
  • CSW Bus Stop (Koridor 13 platforms)
  • ASEAN Bus Stop
  • Kejaksaan Agung Bus Stop
• Melawai Plaza (2020, replacement from 1983 Hitachi elevator)
• Kalibata City Square
• Green Central City
• Pluit Village
• Petak Enam Gedung Chandra
• Living Plaza Puri (formerly PX Pavilion)
• Metro Plaza Sunter (replacement from 1990s GoldStar elevators)
• The Grove North Sunter

Banten

• Supermall Karawaci, Tangerang
• Siloam Hospital Kelapa Dua, Tangerang (2017)

West Java

Bandung

• Paris Van Java (2006)
• Bandung Indah Plaza
• Parahyangan Plaza
• Hotel Santika Pasirkaliki
• The Valley Resort Bandung (also includes an inclined elevator)
• The Great Asia Africa (inclined elevator)

Other cities/towns

• Lippo Plaza Keboen Raya, Bogor

Central Java and Yogyakarta

Semarang

• Plasa Simpang Lima (modernization of 1989 Dong Yang and GoldStar elevators)
• Queen City Mall (modernization of 1991 Hyundai scenic elevators)
• Metro Center (modernization of 1991 Toshiba scenic elevator)
• ibis Hotel Semarang Simpang Lima
• 1951 Eatery
• Horison Hotel Kota Lama (2016)
• Dusun Semilir, Bawen

Yogyakarta and Sleman

• Transmart Yogyakarta
• Lippo Plaza Yogyakarta
• Ramai Family Mall, Yogyakarta (2024, replacement from 1990s GoldStar elevator)

East Java

• Marina Plaza, Surabaya
• Jatim Park, Malang
• Lippo Plaza Batu, Batu
• Museum Angkut, Batu
• Sun City Mall, Madiun
• The Sun Hotel. Madiun

Bali

• Aston Kuta Hotel & Residence, Badung
• Bali Kuta Resort, Badung
• Hotel Santika Kuta, Badung (2010)
• Eccos Mall Sunset Road, Badung (2019)
• Love Fashion Hotel, Bandung (2013)
• Seminyak Square, Badung (2011)
• Viva Dash Hotel Seminyak, Badung (2014)
• Umalas Residences, Badung (2010)
• Lv8 Canggu Resort, Badung

Other cities/provinces

• Hotel Santika Tasikmalaya, Tasikmalaya (2010)
• Nagoya Hill Mall, Batam

Selected Yogya stores nationwide

• Yogya Heritage Sunda, Bandung
• Yogya Mekarwangi, Bandung
• Yogya Tasikmalaya
• Yogya Pekalongan

External links

• Official website (archived)