| 1924 | Lift manufacturing at the Kameido plant |
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| 1932 | First elevator delivered (to Tokyo Electric Power) |
| 1937 | First escalator delivered (to Osaka Railway Department Store) |
| 1956 | Hitachi Building Services Co., Ltd. Founded in Japan (currently known as Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd.) |
| 1966 | Hitachi Elevator Engineering Co., (Hong Kong) Ltd. founded in Hong Kong |
| 1967 | Construction of an elevator research tower in the Mito Works completed (90m high) |
| 1968 | Ultra-high-speed 300m/min elevator delivered to the Kasumigaseki Building, Japan's first skyscraper |
| 1972 | Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. founded |
| 1974 | Delivery of 540m/min elevators to skyscrapers in Shinjuku |
| 1983 | Hitachi Elevator Engineering (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. founded |
| 1991 | Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. founded in Thailand |
| 1995 | Three affiliated companies in China merged to found Guangzhou Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd. (currently known as Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd.) |
| 2003 | Opened Hitachi Building Solution Lab |
| 2008 | Hitachi Lift India Pvt. Ltd. founded in India Delivered the world's highest class ultra fast double deck elevators to the Shanghai World Financial Center |
| 2010 | Construction of an elevator research tower "G1TOWER" in Mito Works completed (213m high) Hitachi Elevator Asia Pte. Ltd. founded in Singapore as a general elevators and escalator business company for the Southeast Asia, India and Middle East regions Construction of an elevator research tower for Hitachi Elevator (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (172m high) |
| 2011 | Hitachi Elevator Philippines Corporation founded in Philippines |
| 2014 | Domestic elevator and escalator business transferred to Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. |
| 2015 | Hitachi Elevator (Myanmar) Co., Ltd. founded in Myanmar |
| 2016 | Hitachi Elevator Vietnam Co., Ltd founded in Vietnam Hitachi Elevator (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. founded in Cambodia |
| 2017 | Hitachi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd. founded in Thailand (Sales / Installation / Maintenance Divisions separated from Siam-Hitachi Elevator Co., Ltd.) Acquired Temple Lift Ltd., a UK-based elevator and escalator business company Hitachi Elevator Saudi Arabia Limited. founded |
| 2018 | Hitachi Elevator Laos Co., Ltd. founded |
