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News | October 2026

Radio Remote Control Solutions for Safer and More Efﬁcient Elevator Maintenance

More safety, increased efﬁciency, and reduced downtime: Tele Radio's radio remote control solutions make elevator service, maintenance, and inspection work easier, faster, and more productive.

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News | October 2026

The most important events for the lift industry

Convenient overview: The most important trade fairs and events of the lift industry at a glance! We constantly update the dates.

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News | October 2026

THE newsletter for the international lift industry

The LIFTjournal newsletter provides a monthly round-up of the most important news for the international lift industry.

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News | September 2026

Easing the burden for the boss of Motum

Jonas Granzell has been the Chief Operating Officer of the Motum Group since April. As COO, he is to cooperate closely with the lift company’s management team and concentrate on business development, customer relationships and Motum’s further development in Sweden.

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News | September 2026

Spanish elevator industry before an ambitious transformation

José Carlos Frechilla Fernández, director of the Spanish Elevator Association, Federacion Empresarial Espanola de Ascensores (FEEDA), wrote an article for LIFTjournal that provides interesting insights into the Spanish market.

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Mitsubishi sets its target on Europe Mitsubishi Electric Corporation acquired Motum AB four years ago. Since then, the Swedish group has grown steadily. Lift companies from Sweden, Norway and Ireland were incorporated. - News | September 2026

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News | September 2026

Kone: two new members in the Board of Directors

At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Kone on 3 June, Ranjan Sen and Bruno Schick were elected as new members of the Board of Directors.

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News | September 2026

The concentration process in the European lift industry continues

The consolidation process in the European lift industry is continuing: Alongside the Finnish-German mega-deal of Kone and TK Elevator, other cross-border takeovers and mergers have taken place in Europe. Here a selection of these.

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News | September 2026

Conversion package for Varidor 15

Mechanically fully compatible and completely without drilling: Langer + Laumann have added a new conversion package for the door drive system Varidor 15 from Schindler to their product range.

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