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As a company specializing in mobility solutions, based on elevators and escalators, Schindler is continually being made aware of the mobility problems in our built environment. Typical examples are buildings accessible only by stairs and areas inaccessible to pedestrians because of barriers such as busy roads.
Schindler's products and technologies contribute towards mitigating these mobility problems, but the issue is and will always be primarily one for architects and city planners because it is they who design the built environment. Hence, the focus of the Schindler Award is young architects and schools of architecture in Europe.
Schindler has long practiced a "Design for All" approach that permits barrier-free mobility for everyone, irrespective of their age, status and physical capabilities. The company is a pioneer in traffic-management and user-identification systems which assign elevators based on passengers' special needs, and its technology was recognized by European Commission's "Breaking Barriers Award" in 2001.
The Schindler Group, founded in Switzerland in 1874, designs, manufactures, installs, services and modernizes elevator and escalator systems for almost every building type. Schindler is present in more than 140 countries and its products move 900 million people every day.
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