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Otis Elevator Company
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Otis Elevator Company

Biography"Otis Worldwide Corporation (branded as the Otis Elevator Company, its former legal name) is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and related equipment. The Otis Elevator Company was acquired by United Technologies in 1976, but it was spun off as an independent company 44 years later in April 2020 as Otis Worldwide Corporation. The Otis Elevator Company was founded in Yonkers, New York in 1853 by Elisha Otis. In 1864, with the partnership of J.M. Alvord, the company became known as Otis Brothers & Co." -- Wikipedia