Schindler: Leading Elevator Manufacturer from Switzerland

The Schindler Group is a Swiss company based in Ebikon in the canton of Lucerne, which has been active in the construction and maintenance of elevators and escalators for over 140 years. With over 69,000 employees in more than 100 countries, Schindler is one of the world's largest and therefore leading companies in the elevator industry.

Rockywood

With ROCKYWOOD, the project developer Primus Developements is developing a micro quarter on the harbor promenade in Offenbach am Main, in the center of which a playground, an elevated public square, is being created. The design is by Eike Becker Architekten. There are two buildings involved: The first is called Rocky and is designed as a

AXIS

The AXIS residential tower is located at the western end of Frankfurt's Europaviertel and is 60 meters high. The building complex AXIS is named after the special view axes that the building offers its residents between the Frankfurt skyline, the Taunus, the Odenwald and the Europaviertel with its organic-looking facade stepped towards the south. The building

Elevator Planning in High-Rise-Buildings

There are more than 450 built high-rise buildings in Frankfurt am Main according to SKYDB. The construction of high-rise buildings is not a special discipline in Germany, as the legally defined high-rise limit is only 22 meters. While lower skyscrapers make do with standard elevator models, skyscrapers use special high-performance elevators. Such optimized elevators for

Schindler’s fastest Elevators

Schindler is the largest elevator manufacturer in Germany and has equipped some of the tallest high-rise buildings in Frankfurt with its elevators. Various models are used in the process. The height of the building in particular determines which elevator is most suitable. Passenger elevators are faster than freight elevators and are designed for higher buildings,

Why did Frankfurt have abusive names?

The city of Frankfurt has been an important trading and financial center since the Middle Ages. Before the Second World War there were more than 1,250 half-timbered houses in the historic Old Town, which made Frankfurt one of the most important medieval half-timbered towns. Both Old Town and New Town were considered a gem of