Indolift

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**Indolift** was an elevator manufacturer from Indonesia which existed from the 1980s up until the mid 1990s. The company made traction and hydraulic passenger, bed/hospital, panoramic and freight elevators as well as dumbwaiters.

## History

The history of Indolift can be traced back to the mid 1970s when a local mechanical and electrical engineering firm, PT. Harton Tektama, was established in 1974 and became the sole distributor of Italian made Semag elevators in Indonesia. The firm's role and experience led to the establishment of a new local elevator company. Moreover, the Indonesian government's program of using local/domestic made products at that time also helped the creation of the company.

In 1982, Indolift was established as a domestic investment project and was registered as **PT. Indo Elevator Industri Pratama**. Experimental production began in July 1986 followed by commercial production in January 1987 under the trademark "INDOLIFT", and at the same time the first Indolift elevator was installed at the Bank Pasar Swadesi building in Surabaya, which was a deluxe 15 persons-capacity passenger elevator serving five floors. Until the late 1980s, it was the first and only Indonesian elevator company that was able to make elevators locally. In an interview with a local magazine publisher in 1988, the company claimed that only 30% of its product components were imported, while the rest were made locally in its factory in Rungkut Menanggal, Surabaya. It also stated that the company was able to produce 200 elevators each year.

In 1994, Kone had a joint venture with Indolift as a mean of entering the Indonesian market, and a year later Kone completely took over it. This marked the end of Indolift. The company merged with Kone, and resulted of changing its full company name into **PT. KONE Indo Elevator**.

## Location

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Indolift was based in Surabaya, East Java. Its head office, factory and showroom were located on Jalan Raya Rungkut Menanggal No. 11, Surabaya. The head office was four storey high and had a hydraulic elevator. The test tower was eight storey high equipped with a traction elevator; it was used for elevator testing purposes. The factory had a 4000 square meter space. Indolift also had representative offices in Jakarta and Bandung. It is unknown if Indolift also had representatives in other major cities.

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PT. Harton Tektama, Indolift's predecessor, served as the sole distributor and installer of Indolift elevators in Indonesia. It also provided maintenance contract for these products. The company was based at the same location as Indolift's head office and factory.

## 1980s

### Passenger and bed elevators

This is probably the earliest design of Indolift elevator in the 1980s. These elevators used round buttons which lights up entirely. The floor indicators outside were mostly digital segments with large triangle shaped arrows, but there was also an analog display version which is extremely rare. The inside button panel is black, featuring a small digital floor indicator and two round lanterns which lights up orange.

This design of Indolift elevator is extremely RARE in Indonesia. To date, only three places having this design of elevator, they are Ombudsman Republik Indonesia in Jakarta, Halmahera Siaga Hospital in Bandung, and Bali Anggrek Inn in Bali which is now an abandoned hotel.

BGBR2.JPGBGBR1.JPGBGBR4.JPGBGBR3.JPGBGBR5.JPGBGBR6.JPGBGBR7.JPG20160326 122015.jpgDerelict 1980s Indolift elevator in an abandoned hotel in Bali.20160326 121944.jpg20160326 121936.jpg
 Berkas:Old and Crappy Indolift Elevator at Bali Garden Beach Resort, Bali
Indolift also made a bed elevator version of this elevator which was commonly used in hospitals. Below here is a video of the bed elevator version of a 1980s Indolift elevator which was found in Bandung.

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 Berkas:Retake 2 Indolift Traction Bed Lift - RSKB Halmahera Siaga, Bandung
### Dumbwaiters

1980s Indolift dumbwaiters are extremely rare. So far only one example has been found in a hotel in Prigen, a town located in East Java.

Indolift Dumbwaiter Control Panel.jpg1980s Indolift dumbwaiter hall station.
## 1990s

### First generation

Indolift updated their design of elevators in the 1990's. It featured black round buttons with illuminating halo and slightly bigger digital floor indicators. The hall lanterns outside were made of thick acrylic blocks which lights up entirely. Below the hall lanterns is a round digital floor indicator. Other than that, these elevators were pretty much similar to their 1980's design, having thin door tracks and same door operators.

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R2 Indolift Elevators at Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel, Bali (Lift 1 & 2)1991 Indolift elevators in Bali.ORIGINAL Indolift Service Elevator at Inna Garuda Hotel (Extension), Yogyakarta1991 Indolift elevator in Yogyakarta.INDOLIFT Freight Elevator With 3 Speed Doors (Jakarta, Indonesia)1992 Indolift service elevator with three speed doors (VERY RARE!)
### Second generation

Indolift updated their style of elevators again in the 1990s, making them look a bit heavy-duty than the previous design. Some notable changes in this design of elevator were new motors, new door operators (which also includes door interlocks made by GAL of United States), thicker door tracks and added mechanical door bumpers for safety. These elevators also had new fixtures. The most common one came out with round grey coloured plastic buttons with orange lamp. Another version of button is a stainless steel with an orange illuminating halo, but these are extremely rare.

This is the very last design of elevator that was made by Indolift before Kone took over the company in the mid 1990's. After the takeover, Kone acquired this design of elevator and branded it as their own.

Also at the time Kone started to merge with Indolift, some Indolift elevators with this design used Kone's **Traffic Master System** **(TMS) 600** control system which was made in Kone's factory over in Finland. Because of this, some Indolift elevators had Kone's standard 1980s-1990s electronic chimes.

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HUT RI 71 Indolift Service Elevator at grandkemang Hotel, Jakarta1993 Indolift elevator in Jakarta.Original Indolift Service Elevator at Abadi Hotel Jogja, Yogyakarta1990s Indolift elevator in Yogyakarta.INDOLIFT Traction Lifts - Hotel Baltika, Bandung1990s Indolift elevator in Bandung.Retake 1 Indolift Traction Bed Lift - RSIA Limijati A, Bandung1990s Indolift bed elevator in Bandung.ID70 Special INDOLIFT Traction Service Lift - Savoy Homann Bandung1990s Indolift freight elevator in Bandung.
### Dumbwaiters

Indolift also made dumbwaiters which are very small elevators designed for transporting small goods in restaurants and other places. These dumbwaiters are very rare. Below here is an example of such elevator which was found in a hospital in Jakarta.

 Berkas:INDOLIFT Dumbwaiter - RS Khusus THT - Bedah Proklamasi - JKT
### Post acquisition

After Kone took over Indolift in 1994-1995, Kone acquired the very last elevator design of Indolift and branded it as their own. The design remained largely unchanged except for the brand name which had changed from Indolift to KONE. Some elevators kept the black round button fixtures while some other elevators used a completely new silver round buttons with illuminating halo. Kone also used floor indicators with LED dot matrix display, but this is very rare. These elevators continued to use Kone's TMS 600 controllers.

Today, there are only a few numbers of such elevators survived in Indonesia. The famous ones are in the 21 storeys Graha Pena building in Surabaya (unfortunately these elevators are soon to be modernized by Kone). Other installations are:

* ~~Graha Pena, Surabaya~~ (1997-2018, modernized by Kone)
* ~~Graha Pangeran, Surabaya~~ (modernized by Kone)
* Galeri Indosat Kayoon, Surabaya
* Widya Mandala University, Surabaya
* Hotel Serena, Bandung
* Hotel Mulia Senayan (car park), Jakarta (1997)

Legendary KONE-Indolift elevators @ Graha Pena Surabaya-01997 KONE elevators at Graha Pena, Surabaya (video: Eiffel Vale.)Kone Traction Lift - Hotel Serena, Bandung-01990s KONE elevator in Hotel Serena, Bandung (video: TG97Elevators)Indolift-Kone Parking Lifts at Hotel Mulia Jakarta-01997 KONE elevators at Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta (video: Sumosoftinc)
## Notable Indolift elevator installations

*Main article:* List of notable Indolift elevator installations in Indonesia
As there are not many Indolift elevators exist anymore in Indonesia, this brand is considered rare. To date, there are only 33 places in Indonesia having Indolift elevators, most of them were installed in the 1990s. Click the link above to see the list of known Indolift elevator installations in Indonesia.

## Trivia

* Indolift was one of the very few local elevator companies that was part of a domestic investment project (Indonesian: *Penanaman Modal Dalam Negeri* or PMDN).
* It was the first Indonesian elevator company in the country before Louser Lift (PT. Louserindo Megah Permai) came in 1987.
* It was also the first elevator company in Indonesia to have a factory as well as a test tower for elevator testing purposes.
* Indolift's emergency landing device for automatic rescuing in case of power cuts is called "EMERGENZAMATIC".
* Before Kone acquired the company, Indolift used Italian drives/machines for most of its traction elevators. These drives were made by either Montanari Giulio & C. or Motor Lift s.r.l.
* A few of the known people who worked with Indolift in the 1980s were:
	+ F.H. Harun Widjaja (President Director)
	+ Ir. Jurianto Gunawan (Production Manager)
	+ Ir. Ridwan K. (Marketing Director)

## Gallery

DSCN3996.JPGIndolift nameplate on the panel of an elevator control cabinet in Yogyakarta.DSCN5776.JPGIndolift nameplate on the panel of an elevator control cabinet in Bali.DSCN3995.JPGGeared traction machine of an Indolift elevator in Yogyakarta, from 1991.Indolift TractionElevatorDrawing1.jpgIndolift elevator diagram - general components of a traction elevatorIndolift TractionElevatorDrawing2.jpgIndolift elevator diagram - traction elevator dimensions.Indolift HydraulicElevatorDrawing.jpgIndolift elevator diagram - hydraulic elevator dimensions.Lifts YP 8 - Indolift.jpgIndolift advertisement from a 1991 edition of Yellow Pages Indonesia (Credit to thisisinbalitimur for providing this picture)Kon-Indolift 4.PNGTwo workers building an elevator car.Kon-Indolift 5.PNGA worker making an elevator control system.Kon-Indolift 3.PNGIndolift elevator cars on display in the showroom.
## External links

* PT. Indo Elevator Industri Pratama: Memproduksi berbagai jenis lift (PDF, Indonesian) - An overview of the company from the July 1988 edition of KONSTRUKSI magazine.

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