The world’s largest manufacturer of lifts, escalators and moving walkways, Otis has an incredible reputation that dates back to 1852 when founder, Elisha Otis, invented the first reliable safety lift. With a rich and innovative history, we wanted to find out more about this global powerhouse, so we caught up with Enrique Miñarro Viseras and Aleš Korotvička.

Let’s wind the clock back! Can you give share a little of the history of Otis – where are your roots compared to where you are now?

Enrique: It’s challenging to condense over 172 years of Otis history – but our story is remarkably consistent over the years. It’s a history of quality service customers can rely on, and innovation that’s driven pioneering advances in the industry and ultimately changed urban infrastructure around the world. We’ve developed and invested in new technologies that have helped the world grow taller, smarter and faster. That drive to be futureready continues in areas such as smart, connected equipment, which enables predictive maintenance and improves uptime, and systems that work seamlessly with autonomous service robots.

Today Otis moves 2.4 billion people every day and maintains approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide – the industry's largest Service portfolio – and we are just as deeply committed to supporting our customers’ needs as we have been since our humble beginning.

We remain committed to and driven by our values – our Otis Absolutes – Safety, Ethics and Quality. They are at our core and drive our actions, every single day.