Otis Elevator Company Inc. operates as an elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company worldwide. It designs, manufactures, sells, and installs a range of passenger and freight elevators, as well as escalators and moving walkways for residential and commercial buildings, and infrastructure projects. The company also performs maintenance and repair services for its products and those of other manufacturers, as well as provides modernization services to upgrade elevators and escalators. It sells its products directly to end customer, as well as through sales representatives and distributors. Otis Elevator Company Inc. was formerly known as Otis Fensom Elevator Company Limited and changed its name to Otis Elevator Company Inc in November 1949. The company was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. Otis Elevator Company operates independently of United Technologies Corporation as of April 3, 2020.