Photo: © Hauer GmbH/Matthias Breunig News | January 2026 Hauer expanding its technical support Maria Bosnaki joined the technical customer service of Hauer GmbH in September 2025.
Photo: © Gottschalk & Michaelis News | January 2026 Medium-sized company takes over lift company There is another way: Berlin-based medium-sized company Gottschalk und Michaelis has now taken over a small Berlin-based lift company.
Photo: © Daniel Nyman/Ascenco Group News | January 2026 Ascenco Group expands to Norway Ascenco Group AB (“Ascenco”) expanded its presence to Oslo, Norway by taking over Heiskompaniet AS (“Heiskompaniet”).
Photo: © KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz / okapidesign / LIFTjournal News | January 2026 Kone acquires companies in the Munich area ATH Aufzüge GmbH, a subsidiary of Kone headquartered in Heilbronn with a branch in Munich, acquired the elevator businesses of two medium-sized elevator companies on January 1, 2026.
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Photo: © VDMA News | August 2025 New managing director of the VDMA Trade Association Robert Hild is the new managing director of the VDMA Trade Association Lifts and Escalators. He succeeded Peter Hug on 15 May, who is concentrating on other tasks within the VDMA.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | August 2025 “Light Assist” for stairlifts TK Elevator (TKE) presents Light Assist, an innovation developed specifically for stairlifts. The Light Assist function illuminates the seat and footrest, thereby offering greater safety, comfort, and visibility, according to the company.
Photo: © Die Aufzugsingenieure News | August 2025 New project management head Holger Kirchhof is the new head of project management at the new company “Die Aufzugsingenieure”, which is specialised in lift consulting for planning, operation, maintenance and training.
Photo: © TK Elevator / Studio Géhin News | August 2025 Florence Bigé elected president Florence Bigé is on a roll: since the end of September 2024 she has been in charge of TK Elevator France. This made her the first woman in France to hold the position of president of a manufacturer in this sector, according to a company press release.
Photo: © Kleemann News | August 2025 “The first virtual world of lifts” Kleemann is introducing AI Lifts, a concept powered by artificial intelligence, which presents a virtual world of lifts.
Photo: © Wittur News | August 2025 New CFO of the Wittur Group Markus Schürholz has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Wittur Group with effect from 1 April 2025.
Photo: © BGHM / D. Benecke News | August 2025 Safe material transport with stair climbers Electrically-powered stair climbers simplify transporting heavy and bulky goods via stairs. They can reduce the burden on employees and the risk of accidents. But only if the equipment is properly handled.
Photo: © CIBSE News | August 2025 David Cooper CIBSE President Elect David Cooper is CIBSE President Elect of the “Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers” (CIBSE) for the 2025/26 term.
Photo: © Craftview Software GmbH / Adobe Stock / contrastwerkstatt News | August 2025 New modules for more efficient accounting Together with the current update of the ESERP product line to version 3.1, es2000 Errichter Software GmbH is providing specialist lift building companies with two new modules related to accounting for the ERP system.
