About AKE

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AKE Asansör is a Turkish lift manufacturer founded in 1995 in Antalya, where the company continues to develop and build its products at its facility in the Antalya Organised Industrial Zone (Döşemealtı). Its portfolio covers complete lift systems — including the E Line, H Line, Eco Line, Gold Line and Car Line families — escalators and moving walkways, accessibility equipment such as platform lifts, stairlifts and pool lifts, home lifts, modernisation packages for existing installations, and original spare parts.

A large share of the value chain is kept in-house: AKE reports a localisation rate of 85.3% across its production and operates an accredited R&D and Design Centre, registered as Turkey's 651st accredited R&D centre. Products are developed, tested and manufactured in accordance with the TS EN 81-20 and TS EN 81-50 standards, carry CE marking and comply with the EU Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU. For specifiers, this means product engineering, conformity assessment and technical documentation come from a single, directly accountable source.

AKE has international project experience. Reference projects include London Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom, the Izmir Metro with 82 units, the Istanbul Metrobus line, and the Gebze–Darıca Metro, for which the company supplied 47 lifts, 108 escalators and 10 moving walkways; further installations are in operation in Denmark, Azerbaijan and Australia. To serve European customers directly, AKE has operated a sales office in Cologne, Germany, since 2021 and has maintained a presence in France since 2022.

For architects, contractors and public-sector clients, continuity of operation matters as much as the initial installation. AKE therefore provides technical service on a 24/7 basis and supplies original spare parts for its own systems, supporting both new projects and the modernisation of existing installations. Architects receive documented, standards-compliant equipment for their specifications; contractors and procurement teams work with one manufacturer covering lifts, escalators and accessibility systems; and public clients gain a supplier with named references in transport infrastructure.