Sustainability
In today’s world, where rapid technological advances are driving constant change, our mission is to consistently provide robust social infrastructure that helps create safe, secure, and comfortable urban environments through innovation. To develop beautiful and functional cities that meet the needs of a new age, we will continue leveraging reliable technologies that earn the trust of our customers through products and services that are unique to Fujitec as a specialized manufacturer.
On April 1, 2025, Fujitec launched “Ele Glance,” its new standard elevator for the domestic market. Ele Glance is a new product featuring stronger design, maintainability, and disaster-prevention functions, embodying the “beauty and hospitality of a specialized manufacturer” that we envision.
Ele Glance was honored with the GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2025, presented by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.
The “DF-f” destination-floor registration unit, developed independently by Huasheng
Fujitec (China), received a Silver Award at the NY Product Design Awards
2024*.
Huasheng Fujitec’s “DF-f” incorporates universal-design concepts and features
a touch-screen LCD, a card reader, and voice guidance, enabling elderly passengers,
wheelchair users, and visually impaired individuals to use the elevator easily.
The
system also lowers power consumption during screen standby, achieving roughly a 20%
reduction in energy use compared to previous models.
By applying universal design to the destination-floor registration unit, which enables convenient and efficient use of elevators, we aim to create “beautiful and functional cities” that are even more user-friendly and accessible for everyone.
* The NY Product Design Awards is an international U.S. design award program established to recognize the efforts of talented product designers, design teams, and manufacturers around the world.
Fujitec's Immersive Elevator won the Excellence Award in the XR/Entertainment category at the Digital Signage Awards 2024.
The Immersive Elevator was designed to create a more open and comfortable experience for users who might feel anxious or claustrophobic in enclosed spaces. Based on Fujitec's development concept, Cloudpoint Inc. was responsible for the visual content, while Senyo Music Management Co., Ltd. created the musical score. Together, they brought the concept to life, creating an elevator experience that makes passengers look forward to the ride. An Immersive Elevator is installed in the Big Wing, which houses our head office and R&D and production facilities, Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture. We will continue using it as an evocative elevator that encourages customers who visit the site to expand on further ideas. Going forward, we will work to improve our technological and product capabilities to step up development of innovative elevator designs that deliver beautiful urban functionality.
Fujitec is a member of the Robot Friendly Asset Promotion Association (RFA), which supports the creation of a robot-friendly environment. As an RFA member, the company participated in an activity aimed at enabling elevators to coordinate with robots and mobility vehicles with an automated driving feature.
In July 2022, Fujitec took part in a demonstration experiment in which a personal mobility vehicle (PMV; personal transporter) with an automated driving feature was coordinated with an elevator at the Narita Airport International Terminal. The PMV was automatically driven from the starting point following an immigration inspection to the designated boarding gate on a different floor via an elevator ride. Such a movement between different floors was made possible by a new control feature introduced to the elevator on the automated driving route in the airport.
The statutory useful life for elevators is 17 years. As the equipment wears out and spare parts will not be available for ever, elevators must be renewed if they are to be used beyond this statutory period.
The renewal option "SMA-UP" makes it possible to renew existing elevators provided by Fujitec and other manufacturers. SMA-UP can reduce the conventional lead time by up to 40% (compared with the conventional options we offer) by renewing key components. The replacement of the control device allows the addition of latest functionalities such as AirTap, remote automatic inspection, and a restarting system for the time of earthquake. Now SMA-UP is widely used for condominium buildings, as well as office buildings, hospitals, welfare facilities, and other types of buildings. We will continue to make our products for elevator renewal more appealing to meet the diverse needs of customers, thereby contributing to the provision of safe and reliable elevators.
Fujitec India’s Chennai Plant plays an important role as a production base in South
Asia. A second plant was completed in February 2023.
The expanded production space
is contributing to higher product sales in India, where demand is rising, as well as
to expanding the scope of exports to the South Asian region.
Fujitec India also constructed an elevator research tower to bolster
the development framework including the machinery development of high-speed elevator
models.
Going forward, Fujitec India will continue to enhance its presence in South
Asia by refining its technologies through research and development efforts designed
to meet local needs and by delivering high quality products.
Fujitec's DX vision is to realize a digital twin—a mirror image of the real world expressed in digital form that makes it possible to simulate reality as well as collect and optimize data in real time. As this allows for efficient monitoring and projection, we aim to utilize the technology to enhance customer experience by virtually linking the products and services, such as maintenance and repair, relevant employees, and our customers together on the same platform.
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