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Minnesota Elevator

Overview

Minnesota Elevator (aka MEI) is an elevator company based in Mankato, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1971 and installs and services elevators across the country, from Minnesota to Georgia and California..

MEI is well-known among elevator enthusiasts for their high-quality hydraulic elevators. They are also known for installing tall (6 floors or more) hydraulic systems, large (often glass) hydraulic elevators, and for their "Reflex" hydraulic leveling system.

Characteristics

MEI's newer elevators usually have a unique position indicator. This is often mistaken for being a KONE or Schindler indicator.

They also can often be told by their chimes.

Many newer (2010s-2020s) MEI holeless hydraulic models have MEI's "Reflex" leveling system, which allows the elevator to level accurately, far faster than other hydraulic lifts.

An MEI indicator

Fixtures used

Adams (before 2005)
Innovation (2004-present)
GAL
CJ Anderson (?)

Notable installations

United States

MEI Headquarters, Mankato, MN
Apple Valley Metro Transit Parking Garage, Apple Valley, MN
Denver International Airport Concourse B
Hilton Garden Inn, Mankato, MN
Whiskey Blue, W Hotel, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA (tallest hydraulic in USA)
H&M, Hudson Yards, Manhattan, NY
Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
North Garden, Mall of America, Bloomington, MN
Twelve Oaks Mall, Novi, MI
Menards, St. Louis, MO
Menards, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Target, Chicago, IL
Target, Marietta, GA
Target, Hilldale, Madison, WI
US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Liberty Center, Liberty Township, Butler County, OH
Chase Tower, Chicago, IL
IKEA, Bloomington, MN
IKEA, Canton, MI
IKEA, Centennial, CO
IKEA, Round Rock, TX
IKEA, Sacramento, CA
Hershey World, Las Vegas, NV

Canada

Nordstrom Rack, Toronto, ON
Guildford Towne Centre, Surrey, BC
Metrotown SkyTrain Station, Vancouver, BC
Scott Road SkyTrain Station, Vancouver, BC
Safeway Extra, Coquitlam, BC
18332 Lessard Road NW, Edmonton, AB

Videos

Documents

MEI 2016-2018 Package and Parts Catalog.pdf

MEI catalog (2016-18)

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