Telelift GmbH is a worldwide operating German engineering company which develops and installs advanced logistics systems ( Monorail conveyor) for hospitals,

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, industry and security-related applications. The systems provide a comprehensive transport automation of light

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and have no limits in number of operator stations for both sending, and receiving of goods, in closed and locked container vehicles. Telelift is headquartered in Maisach, near Munich in

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and has three subsidiaries in

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, Stuttgart and

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History

Telelift was founded in 1964 in

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. In the same year, the first of numerous

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s was granted for an

electric track vehicle system ETV system at University library Regensburg, Germany An electric track vehicle system (ETV) is a conveyor system for light goods transport. The system uses independently driven vehicles traveling on a monorail track network, consisting of straig ...

. Which was the start to a long lasting and still remaining business success in many countries, mainly in

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and America, but also in

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and Australia. A professional distribution brought hundreds of so-called "UniCar" systems to many hospitals, libraries and administration buildings. HSBC headquarters for example in

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and

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operate large Telelift systems with hundreds of transport trolleys. A second product line was an AGV (automated guided vehicle) called "TransCar" which was installed from 1974 – 2012 in dozens of hospitals in

and

. In 1989, Thyssen bought Telelift GmbH, integrated its own library automation system type "MultiLift" and added the Siemens track system type Simacom VT. In 1999, a Swiss company bought Telelift GmbH and integrated it into their healthcare solutions group. In 2012, Telelift GmbH was sold and is privately owned again. To date, more that 1,300 Telelift systems have been installed in over 40 countries.

Products

Telelift develops and produces rail-bound conveying systems for transporting goods of up to 50kg in buildings and production plants. A unique trait of all systems is a three-dimensional traffic routing, with 100% system monitoring and Industry 4.0 qualified implementation. Healthcare has the largest market share. About 500 systems have been installed in hospitals, to increase hygiene standards and significantly drop the number of lower-educated transportation staff. Other markets are libraries with more than 250,000 books, administration buildings with security demand, and industry applications (automotive and food industries). Volkswagen_Golf_Sto%C3%9Ff%C3%A4nger_Transport_Telelift.JPG, Modern 3D MultiCar system at

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plant Bücherförderband im Magazin der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (09).jpg, Conveyor belt for Books at

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External links

Website of Telelift GmbH

References

{{Reflist, 2 Engineering companies of Germany German brands Logistics companies of Germany Privately held companies of Germany Technology companies established in 1964 1964 establishments in West Germany