Founded in Switzerland in 1874, Schinder Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of elevators, escalators, automatic sidewalks and related services. Its services cover the entire building life cycle, from design to installation, repair, maintenance and renovation. In more than 100 countries and regions around the world, it has more than 1,000 branches and nearly 70,000 Thunder employees, and has production bases in 8 countries, with R&D centers all over the world.

Thunder entered China in 1980 and is an industrial joint venture. It completed the sole proprietorship process in 2006. It is currently controlled by Thunder Group. For more than 40 years, Schinder China has contributed to China's urbanization development with high-quality products and services, especially high-rise landmarks, commercial real estate, public transportation and other buildings. In 2014, 2015 and 2018, the new escalator, elevator and escalator staircase factories in Jiading, Shanghai were officially put into production; in September 2016, Xunda Elevator China moved to Jiading Park, witnessing Xunda Group further taking root in China and gaining foothold. Long-term will.

Thunder Products

The products of Schinder Elevator are quite comprehensive, mainly including elevators, escalators and sidewalks, freight elevators and special elevators. Thunder elevators include covers from residential elevators to commercial elevators. Thunder Elevator adheres to excellent design concepts and focuses on safety, comfort and energy saving. As a product with the largest sales in the world, Schinder escalator and automatic sidewalk have smooth operation, comfortable operation, large carrying capacity and long distances. It is widely used in airports, subways, railway stations, gymnasiums and shopping malls. In addition, Thunder also produces large-load freight elevators and special elevators for special occasions such as hospitals and villas.

Research and development

Among several R&D centers around the world, approximately 500 Schinder engineers have successfully developed new systems and components for elevators and escalators, all of which have been evaluated by closely collaborative major technology centers and universities in the world. The focus of research and development is on intelligent transportation management, control systems and excellent driving technology, as well as new safety requirements and the comfort of high-speed elevators.