The head office, factory and showroom of the company was located on Jalan Raya Rungkut Menanggal No. There are still a few number of such Kone installations that can be found in Indonesia. Kone's 1980s-1990s "M Series" chimes were also used on these elevators as well. After the acquisition, Kone began installing elevators that were pretty much identical to 1990s Indolift elevators that were produced and installed before the acquisition, such as reusing Indolift's signal fixtures, cabs, and other components. A year later, the joint venture was 100% acquired by Kone and the company became PT. They owned a 46% shareholding in the joint venture. In 1994, Kone established a joint venture with Indolift as a mean of entering the Indonesian market, although Kone had already entered the market in 1991 but withdrew its distribution from its Indonesian distributor. By 1988, the company claimed it was able to produce 200 elevators each year.
The company claimed that only 30% of its product components were imported, while the rest were locally made. Until the late 1980s, it was the first and only Indonesian elevator company that was able to produce elevators locally. The first Indolift elevator was installed in January 1987 at the Bank Pasar Swadesi building in Surabaya, which was a 15 persons-capacity deluxe passenger elevator serving five floors. Experimental production began in July 1986 followed by a commercial production in January 1987 under the trademark "INDOLIFT". In 1982, Indolift was established and registered as PT. The firm's role and experience in the vertical transportation field led to the establishment of a new local elevator company as part of the government's program of using domestic/local made products.
Harton Tektama, a local mechanical and electrical engineering firm, was established and became the sole distributor of Italian made Semag elevators in Indonesia.
The history of the company started out in 1974 when PT.
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