GE Partners with Schindler to Add Elevators, Escalators to IoT

Schindler will use GE’s Predix industrial software platform and advanced analytics to enable its customers to monitor, analyze and leverage data generated from its connected elevators, escalators and PORT Technology.

Doug Chandler, Senior Staff Writer

July 8, 2016

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Schindler's PORT technology in action

GE’s newish GE Digital business, based in San Ramon, Calif., announced a strategic alliance with elevator and escalator manufacturer Schindler Holding, based in Hergiswil, Switzerland, that will apply the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to digital innovations in elevators, escalators and smart buildings. Schindler will use GE’s Predix industrial software platform and advanced analytics to enable its customers to monitor, analyze and leverage data generated from its connected elevators, escalators and PORT Technology.

“GE and Schindler can deliver premium digital solutions powering urban mobility. Leveraging the Predix industrial operating system, Schindler is positioned to be a digital industrial leader in the elevator and escalator business,” said Jeffrey Immelt, GE’s chairman and CEO, in a release.

About the Author

Doug Chandler, Senior Staff Writer

Executive Editor

Doug Chandler began writing about the electrical industry in 1992, and still finds there's never a shortage of stories to be told. So he spends his days finding them and telling them. Educationally, he's a Jayhawk with an English degree. Outside of work, he can often be found banging drums or harvesting tomatoes.