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Company type | Public |
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Traded as | SZSE: 002774 |
Industry | Manufacturing |
Founded | 1998 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Luo Aiwen (chairperson) |
Products | Elevators and escalators |
Website | www |
IFE Elevators (Chinese: 快意电梯), fully known as IFE Elevators Co., Ltd., simply as IFE, is a Chinese elevator manufacturer founded in 1998. After approval from the CSRC, the company was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in March 2017. It is focused on the production of elevators, and escalators, as well as travelators. The firm is an elevator supplier of the Singapore Housing and Development Board.
In the early days, IFE was mainly engaged in the manufacture of freight elevators. Outside of China, the company has established operations in markets such as Singapore, Australia, and the Philippines. The firm supplied products to Quezon City-based Diliman Doctors Hospital. In 2023, it launched new villa elevator products in the Middle East.
History
The company's predecessor was established in 1987. In 1989, it produced its first elevator. In 1998, IFE was officially formed. In the same year, it entered Indonesia. In 2008, the firm won its first bid for the HDB projects in Singapore.
In 2014, IFE set up a South African branch. As of 2016, the company had an annual production capacity of 15,000 complete elevators.
In 2016, IFE attended the MSRE Exhibition. In 2017, the company went public on the SME Board of the SZSE, with the stock code 002774. In 2021, its full-year sales reached more than 1.98 billion yuan.
References
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