Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to O&K or later O&K Kone) was a major German engineering company which specialize railway vehicles, construction equipment, elevators, and escalators.
History
Orenstein & Koppel was founded on April 1, 1876 in Berlin by Benno Orenstein and Arthur Koppel. They started making escalators in the 1960s in West Berlin. In 1987, Kone bought the company and most of their escalators were branded as "O&K KONE". The remaining shares of O&K were bought by Kone in 1995. Few years later, all of O&K's other division were sold to several companies. The railway division was transferred to Bombardier and their construction equipment division was sold to New Holland Construction in 1999.
Notable Orenstein & Koppel escalator models
L.U.L.1
OK-TRONIC 301
Variotronic401
TransVario (manufactured by both Kone and O&K)
Notable escalator and moving walk installations
This list also includes O&K KONE escalator installations.
Australia
New South Wales
The Galleries Victoria, Sydney
City Market Haymarket, Sydney
MLC Centre, Sydney
MetCentre, Sydney
Cockle Bay Wharf, Sydney
Macarthur Square, Sydney
Berry Square, North Sydney
Galleria DFS, Sydney
Target, Bankstown Centro, Sydney
Campbelltown Mall, Campbelltown
Others
Melbourne Central Shopping Mall, Melbourne, VIC (1991)
The Myer Centre, Adelaide, SA
Target - CentrePoint Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA
Elizabeth Quay Bus Station (formerly Esplanade Busport), Perth, WA (1991)
Sunshine Plaza, Maroochydore, QLD (1994)
Piazza on the Boulevard, Surfers Paradise, QLD
France
Carrefour Market, Brest
The Opera, Lyon
Palais des congrès (Cannes' Movie Festival center), Cannes
Germany
Gesundbrunnen Railway Station, Berlin
Märkische Str. Station, Dortmund
Sophienhof, Kiel
Israel
One Ad HaLom Mall, Ashdod
Ramat-Aviv Mall, Tel Aviv
Kastra Mall & Art Gallery, Haifa
Netherlands
Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam
Sloterdijk Station, Amsterdam
C&A, Damrak, Amsterdam
Kelfkensbos Parking Deck, Nijmegen
Singapore
Citylink Underground Mall (1998)
Raffles Hotel (1989)
Lucky Chinatown
Bukit Merah Central Pedestrian Footbridge
Forum The Shopping Mall (1986)
Sweden
Most of the Blue line Tunnelbana stations, including T-Centralen & Fridhemsplan, have escalators by O&K. (1975 or 1985)
Escalator link between Flemingsberg Railway station & Södertörns Högskola/Huddinge Sjukhus. (ca 1987)
Nordiska Kompaniet (one of many replacements made in the department store. It has been replaced by KONE since then.)
Several shops in the city contains of one or another O&K glass escalator. They can be seen in Sergels torg shops, for instance.
Thailand
Pantip Pratunam, Bangkok (1984)
Muangthai Phatra Complex, Bangkok
Siripinyo Building, Bangkok
Seacon Square, Bangkok (1994)
Makro Rangsit, Pathumthani
Big C Supercenter Rangsit, Pathumthani
Chiang Mai International Airport, Chiangmai
Chiang Rai International Airport, Chiangrai
United Kingdom
Castle Mall Shopping Centre, Norwich (1993)
Harrod's Knightsbridge, London (1998, Egyptian Escalators)
Natural History Museum, London
The Mall Wood Green, London
Canary Wharf Underground Station, London
Waterloo Underground Station, London
Cutty Sark (for Maritime Greenwich) DLR Station, London
Heathrow Airport Terminal 1, London
Tesco, High Wycombe (elevators, modernized by Stannah Lifts)
Tyne and Wear Metro (1980)
intu Metrocentre, Tyne and Wear (1986)
intu Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne
St. James Metro Station, Newcastle
Eldon Garden Shopping Centre, Newcastle
Grafton Shopping Centre, Cambridge
County Mall Shopping Centre, Crawley
Belfry Shopping Centre, Redhill
Fleet Walk Shopping Centre, Torquay
Triangle Building, Manchester
United States
Buckhead MARTA Station, Atlanta, GA
Newport PATH Station, Jersey City, NJ
Hilton Hotel, Portland, OR
Sands Regency Convention Center, Reno, NV
Circus Circus Midway, Reno, NV
Imperial Palace parking garage, Las Vegas, NV
Dillards Women and Children Mall St. Matthews, Louisville, KY
Belk Greenwood Mall, Bowling Green, KY
Dillards South Park Mall, Strongsville, OH
Dillards North Point Mall, Alpharetta, GA
Dillards Ladies and Children Pembroke Lakes Mall, Pembroke Pines, FL
Dillards Westfield Brandon, Brandon, FL
Dillards Seminole Towne Center, Sanford, FL
Dillards at Chapel Hills Mall, Colorado Springs, CO
Dillards The Citadel, Colorado Springs, CO
Macy's Eastridge Centre, San Jose, CA
Dillards Women Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park, TX
Dillards Women First Colony Mall, Sugar Land, TX
Dillards Galleria at Sunset, Henderson, NV
Nassau Coliesum Uniondale, NY
Nauticus, Norfolk, VA
Other countries
The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Boots - Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow Airport, Scotland
BHS, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
Fountain Centre, Belfast, Ireland
Carlson Dept. Store, Mikkeli, Finland
K-Citymarket, Savonlinna, Finland
Mall Azzurro, Naples, Italy
Robinson's Galleria Mall, Ortigas Center, Quezon City, Philippines
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (car park and bus terminal building), Malaysia (1998)
MinMax Restaurant - PNB Darby, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
GoSkate Building, Surabaya, Indonesia (1979)
Capital on the Quay, Wellington, New Zealand
57 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Los Leones Metro Station, Providencia, Santiago de Chile
Smolensky Passage Shopping Center, Moscow, Russia
Trivia
Orenstein & Koppel had a partnership with the UK-based Keighley Lifts to made few elevators in the United Kingdom. Their elevators were branded as "Keighley O&K". One of their installations was located in Tesco in High Wycombe. However, they have been modernized by Stannah Lifts.
Most buildings in the 1980s to 1990s that have Orenstein & Koppel escalators also have Kone elevators logo as well.
As "hkelev.com" stated, some of their escalators handrail are wider than other companies.
In Australia, their escalators were distributed by Elevators Pty. Ltd. (EPL KONE) and some of their late 1980s escalators were often branded as "O&K EPL. KONE".
