Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 Orona acquires German SME A German lift company has once again been taken over – this time by the Spanish group Orona.
Photo: © Liwetec News | November 2025 Liwetec presents new user interface Liwetec has completely revamped the Elevator Portal and presented it with a new user interface that supports the planning, technical calculation, and configuration of elevators.
Photo: © Stefano Uslenghi Rocom Energie- und Kommunikationssysteme News | November 2025 Rocom’s smallest lift emergency call system Rocom unveiled a new lift emergency call system according to EN 81-28:2022 at the interlift. The “Helpy Supercompact” is the manufacturer’s smallest emergency call system and according to Rocom provides “a lot of performance in mini format.”
Photo: © Leitronic News | November 2025 5G meets sustainability The mobile communications technology 5G promises completely new vistas for the Internet of Things (IoT). Higher data rates, lower latencies and boosted capacity are expected to change entire sectors.
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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.
Photo: © Pepperl+Fuchs SE News | August 2025 New management duo at Pepperl+Fuchs On 1 May 2025, Dr Wilhelm Nehring took on the role of chairman of the management board at Pepperl+Fuchs SE; Martin Walter is the new finance director.
Photo: © osma GmbH & Co. KG News | August 2025 New transport solution for bicycles in residential buildings Osma has launched the “oBike Riser”. The idea behind the new product is to provide more flexibility and safety when transporting bicycles in residential buildings.
Photo: © privat News | August 2025 Co-CEO at DigiPara since April Andrés G Damjanov has been supporting the management of DigiPara as Co-CEO since 1 April 2025. The company is a software producer specialised in Building Information Modeling (BIM) for lifts and escalators. This was revealed by the investor BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital.
Photo: © Schindler News | August 2025 A new lift that adapts automatically The international lift builder Schindler unveiled a new product at the Milan Design Week. The “X8” can be installed in any part of a building and operated with conventional household electricity, the company reported.
