• Lifts
    • Passenger lifts
      • Overview

        As a leading lift company, we've engineered our passenger lifts for various building applications, including residential, commercial and public transit.

      • Schindler 1000

        Our practical passenger lift for low- to mid-rise residential buildings is simple to plan, fast to install, and economical to maintain.

      • Schindler 3000

        The Schindler 3000 is our all-round passenger lift that matches form with function. It's the perfect elevator for different building types and uses.

      • Schindler 5000

        The Schindler 5000 is our lift for mid-rise residential and commercial buildings that features striking interiors, flexible sizes, and effective performance options.

      • Schindler 6000

        The Schindler 6000 is our premium commercial lift that combines the latest technology, high-end finishes, larger capacities and custom designs.

    • Freight & other lifts
      • Schindler 2400

        If you need to transport a lot inside your building, then size matters.

      • Schindler 2500

        Our bed lifts show what we mean. Schindler 2500 fulfills all the demands you could expect in hospitals, clinics, retirement and nursing homes.

      • Schindler 2600

        Discover the Schindler 2600 freight lift for warehouses, shopping centers or industrial facilities. It makes lifting heavy loads a lightweight task.

    • Modernization & upgrades
      • Overview

        Explore our comprehensive lift modernization and building renovation solutions; engineered to enhance your lift's performance and aesthetics.

      • ReStore solution

        Restore your lift with our modernization solution which replaces critical electrical components to upgrade the efficiency and performance of your equipment.

      • ReNew solution

        Renew your lift with our modernization solution including a new controller, inverter, fixtures, and machine upgrade to ensure a smoother ride experience.

      • RePlace solution

        Replace your existing lift with our modernization replacement solutions. Enjoy improved equipment operation, plus digitally enhanced mobility.

      • Individual components

        Upgrade individual lift components like drives and cabin doors to reduce operating costs, satisfy tenants and increase your long-term property value.

    • Destination control
      • PORT lift

        PORT Technology provides passengers with the lowest possible times to their destinations with the best possible comfort.

      • myPORT

        myPORT provides users with a uniquely seamless, secure, and convenient access to and transition through their building.

      • PORT Access

        In order to ensure seamless transitions from one area to another a range of terminals to provide the functions known generically as PORT Access has been developed.

    • Packages
      • Easy access

        Provide enhanced accessibility for all your passengers with the Easy Access package.

      • Residential

        Our Residential Package helps to make the lifts in your building a more welcoming space for your tenants.

      • Office

        Our Office Package for lifts helps to ensure hassle-free and efficient vertical mobility solutions for office buildings.

    • Design options
      • Decor catalog

        Design your unique passenger lift car with ideal colors, combining functional, and innovative interior architecture concepts for a personalized and stylish ride.

    Plan & Design
  • Escalators & Moving walks
    • Escalators
      • Schindler 9300

        Enhanced safety features, energy efficiency, and space savings, the Schindler 9300 escalator defines state-of-the-art for moving people in commercial & public spaces.

      • Schindler 9700

        The Schindler 9700 escalator is the ideal mobility solution for large public spaces with high-traffic demands, like airports and train stations.

    • Moving walks
      • Schindler 9500AE inclined

        Developed with shopping malls in mind, the Schindler 9500AE inclined moving walk provides quiet and comfortable transportation from floor to floor.

      • Schindler 9500 horizontal

        Explore the Schindler 9500 horizontal moving walk, the ideal solution for public transportation.

    • Modernization
      • Full replacement

        Upgrade your property by replacing your older equipment with new, cutting-edge Schindler 9300 or Schindler 9700 escalators or with Schindler 9500 moving walks.

      • INTRUSS®

        The existing escalator/moving walk is extracted, keeping its truss in place. A new Schindler escalator or moving walk is assembled inside the existing truss.

      • Modernization kits

        Schindler offers modernization solutions in all areas: safety, energy consumption, and appearance, all designed to bring your escalators and moving walks up-to-date, quickly and easily.

    • CleanMobility
      • Ultra UV & UV Pro

        Schindler Ultra UV and Ultra UV Pro help to keep handrails clean and reduce bacteria and viruses with an innovative and effective UV-C light system.

    Plan & Design
  • Services
  • Careers
    • Overview
    • Who we are
      • People

        Learn about the people, traditions, and values that motivate us to tackle the urban mobility challenges of the 21st century.

      • Inclusion and diversity

        Our global presence gives us access to the full spectrum of human diversity – reinforcing our ability to adapt and innovate.

      • Society

        Help us transform the world. We’re looking for driven professionals ready to solve society’s most pressing urban mobility challenges.

      • Our values

        Our values are the foundation of everything we do, and allow us to remain a leading global player in the lift and escalator industry.

      • Facts and figures

        Discover the facts behind what makes Schindler a great company to work for.

    • Why Schindler
      • Compensation and benefits

        Discover more about Schindler employee compensation packages and benefits – competitive salaries are just the start!

      • Work-life balance

        Finding the right balance between work and life can be tough. We make it easier through flexible modern policies designed to meet diverse needs.

      • Training

        The key to maintaining Schindler’s proud legacy is by making sure that all our people – at every level – remain trained and ready.

      • International careers

        International assignments are a key part of how we develop our people. Grow your career internationally with Schindler.

      • Career development program

        Discover how we take our most talented young professionals on an international and multidisciplinary 6-year journey to help their careers flourish.

    • Who we look for
      • Experienced professionals

        Whether you’re a lift technician or an engineer, we need people with experience and skill. Seasoned professionals make our lift service company great!

      • Students and graduates

        Explore the extensive possibilities for students and recent graduates at Schindler.

    • Open positions
    Plan & Design
  • Segments
  • Innovations
  • Int. References
  • About us
  • Contact
Plan & Design

Schindler 5000 Plus Lift replacement

A seamless upgrade for existing buildings, combining Swiss-engineered ride comfort with architectural flexibility and energy efficiency. The Schindler 5000 Plus lift is one of our RePlace solutions, making it an excellent choice for modernizing mid-rise buildings. This future-ready lift is designed to adapt to your space and enhance your overall experience.

Ascend to excellence with Schindler 5000 Plus

Our Schindler 5000 Plus replacement lift is not just about aesthetics– it's engineered for peak performance. Swiss precision ensures a ride that's faster, smoother, and environmentally friendly. With cutting-edge technology, premium materials, and energy-saving innovations, it sets a new standard for lift efficiency and passenger comfort.

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Benefits

The Schindler 5000 Plus delivers a swift, smooth, and energy-efficient journey – combining the latest technology, enhanced efficiency, and flexible design for perfect integration into your existing building.

Striking flexible

From functional to sophisticated, pre-configured to custom, the striking interior design options available in the Schindler 5000 Plus offer unparalleled flexibility to complement the most stylish and innovative interior architecture concepts, historical designs, and renovation projects. Elevate tenant experience by creating spaces that exude comfort and style.

Highly effective

Comprised of meticulously crafted Swiss-engineered materials, the Schindler 5000 Plus ensures the continued performance and reliability of your lift by replacing an outdated system. With a maximum travel up to 80 meters, speeds of up to 2.5 m/s, and a capacity of up to 1360 kilograms, it can be tailored for a perfect fit across a myriad of applications.

Smart sustainability

The Schindler 5000 Plus is engineered to contribute to a brighter future by conserving space and energy. Environmental considerations are embedded in its development, from initial design to end-of-life recycling, ensuring an energy-efficient, modular, and scalable system with a regenerative inverter for sustainable operation.

Future-ready features

Our Schindler 5000 Plus takes your lift into the future through various digital features and options. With our full range of Schindler media solutions, our media-enabled fixtures, and Schindler PORT technology, we can enhance your tenants' lift experience – even in older buildings.


Key figures

CharacteristicsDetails
Capacity630 - 1360 kg
Travel heightMax. 80 m
StopsMax. 40 stops, with a maximum of 50 openings
Speed1.0 - 2.5 m/s
LayoutMachine-room-less (MRL)
Group sizeUp to 8 cars
EntrancesOne- or two-sided, on opposite sites
Energy efficiency classificationClass A, according to ISO 25745-2*
Noise levelBelow 50 – 60 decibels (A)**, on average

* The classification always refers to a specific customer configuration. Usage pattern, load capacity, customer specific options and site conditions influence the final rating.
** For the evaluation methodology, we comply with ISO 18738 standards. However, many factors influence the amount of noise and vibration generated by a lift.

Why choose a Schindler 5000 Plus?

Schindler 5000 Plus offers advanced features and design flexibility to meet the ecological and economic demands of offices, hotels, and mid-rise residential buildings. Its space-saving, machine-room-less design allows you to repurpose areas previously used for lift machinery.


Optimize your building’s potential

Our Schindler 5000 Plus is designed to blend seamlessly into your existing building. Flexible car sizes, door dimensions, and controller options enable the Schindler 5000 Plus to adapt to a wide range of spaces, keeping the impact on the building to a minimum.

Adaptable design

  • All main drive, traction and control equipment sit in the shaft, making extra space available for more productive purposes
  • Flexible counterweight positioning enables perfect space utilization and maximized rentable area
  • Reduced headroom space and pit depth maximize the usable building space
  • Schindler’s Suspension Traction Media supports a smaller motor and traction sheave – 70% smaller than traditional rope machines

Flexible system

  • Adjustable car width and depth, in 50 mm increments, to work within an existing hoistway
  • Car heights, scalable in 100 mm increments, up to 2800 mm
  • Door adjustable in 100 mm increments, with widths from 800 to 1200 mm and heights up to 2400 mm

Future-ready, secure technology

  • Precision stopping accuracy for easy access
  • Control software developed based on the IEC 62443-4-1 ML3 standard for cybersecurity

Energy-efficient solutions

  • Permanent magnet technology, including a stable start without high peak current, helps keep energy consumption low
  • Reduced stand-by power improves energy efficiency
  • Recuperative technology reduces energy consumption and heat dissipation
  • Regenerated energy returned to mains power

Seamless people flow

  • Compatible with banks of up to eight lifts using a conventional control system or even more with Schindler PORT
  • Choice of telescopic (T2) or center-opening doors (C2) and single or double entrance to keep traffic moving efficiently

High ride quality

  • Schindler’s Suspension Traction Media system provides a quiet & smooth ride
  • A lubrication-free, gearless machine supports a smooth ride quality
  • Advanced technology and precise installation methods can limit sound levels to below 50-60 decibels (A)*, on average – equivalent to birdsong

* For the evaluation methodology, we comply with ISO 18738 standards. However, many factors influence the amount of noise and vibration generated by a lift.


Your vision, our expertise with Schindler Designs

Exceptional design isn’t just visually appealing; it evokes emotions and cultivates a positive atmosphere. Schindler Designs offers a carefully curated selection of contemporary colors and materials. We empower you with the freedom to personalize your lift according to your unique ideas – from designing the cabin walls, floors, and doors to choosing control panels, handrails, or mirrors.

Unleash your creativity and extend your aesthetic into the lift, crafting an entirely new travel experience for your tenants and guests.

Unleash your creative vision

Create the look and feel you like. Combine colors, materials, lighting, mirrors, handrails, and fixtures to achieve the ambiance that fits your building. Extend your aesthetic into the lift, crafting an entirely new travel experience for your tenants and guests.

Digital lifts from Schindler for next-generation technologies

Benefit today from our innovative solutions and digital tools, which will accompany and support you throughout the entire life cycle of your lift. From planning to ongoing operation, our lifts are designed for the latest technologies.


Enhancing the quality of urban living

Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

Environmental Product Declarations are recognized by green building certification schemes, including LEED, DGNB, Green Mark, and BREEAM, which enable Schindler customers to receive credits for their building certification projects. This is an important step in the assessment of the environmental performance of our products and underlines our continuous efforts toward sustainable solutions. We have registered EPDs at the International EPD® System for all major lift product lines.

For information about the environmental performance of our lifts and their full life cycle, visit the EPD website.

Working with you every stop of the way

Our experience helps us to better understand and address the unique challenges presented by a lift modernization. We provide high-quality consulting, support, and coordination for the successful execution of your Schindler 5000 Plus modernization.

Over 1,000 safety checks are performed on every Schindler lift before your first ride*.

* This is the global average based on the Schindler fulfillment process.

Above and beyond with next generation lift service

With a new Schindler lift, your equipment is easy to service and troubleshoot thanks to the latest digital technologies and our global expertise. All Schindler 5000 Plus lifts are digitally-enabled, allowing you to benefit from faster response times, improved performance, and higher uptimes, compared to non-connected units.

Enjoy an uptime of up to 99.9%*.

* This is the global average. Planned events (such as inspections) have been excluded from this calculation.

Contact us

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