Photo: © privat News | May 2025 New convenor of Working Group 1 Daniel Bisang (52) has been elected unanimously as the new convenor of the working group 1 “Lifts and service lifts” of CEN TC 10.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik GmbH News | May 2025 Michael Puttrus goes to Telegärtner Michael Puttrus has assumed a new position: the mechanical engineer is now Business Development Manager at the German lift emergency call specialist Telegärtner Elektronik.
Photo: © VDMA News | May 2025 Image campaign: ‘We can only become more visible together’ The Trade Association Lifts and Escalators in the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) has launched the second round of the image campaign “Beweger gesucht” (starring movers). Jan Steeger, project manager of the campaign, has compiled the most important questions and answers for LIFTjournal.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | May 2025 TKE: New investor and a joint venture TK Elevator and Alat announce strategic joint venture to manufacture end-to-end elevator and escalator solutions in Saudi Arabia, with Alat also becoming a shareholder in TK Elevator.
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Photo: © EdmoLift News | February 2025 Change at EdmoLift On 28 February 2025, Anders Wahlqvist, EdmoLift's CEO, will retire after 35 years. To guarantee a smooth transition, Jonathan Grip will assume the role of CEO while Tomas Edmo becomes Deputy CEO.
Photo: © Computec News | February 2025 Universally usable door drive The Computec Door Drive 6 (CDD6) from Zagro is capable of universal use. It can operate DC motors with and without brushes up to 40V with or without encoder.
Photo: © Eray Gültekin/VDMA News | February 2025 Publication of EN ISO 8100-1/2 postponed The publication of EN ISO 8100-1/2 has been postponed until December 2025. This is one of the main news items to come out of the 41st plenary meeting of the CEN/TC 10. More than 40 delegates attended the meeting.
Photo: © Infineon Technologies AG, Jana Jouzek News | February 2025 Change at TÜV Süd AG Sabine Nitzsche (52) has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Directors by the Board of Directors of TÜV Süd AG with effect from 1 March 2025.
Photo: © Wittur News | February 2025 Wittur introduces new car door The Wittur Group has launched the new Hydra 3000 Plus car door with 45 millimeter sill width.
Photo: © pixabay/pexels/okapidesign News | February 2025 Progress in protection against vandalism Meiller’s vandal-proof doors underwent recertification. The current certification meets to the requirements of EN 81-71 Category 2 and of the Meiller Scooter Guard system.
Photo: © Dinacell News | February 2025 Replacing belts as needed The number of lifts in which belts are being used as load-bearing devices instead of ropes is growing almost daily. What must be borne in mind, what challenges does this involve?
Photo: © Dirk Preißl News | February 2025 Regulation for lifts – fire recall systems has been updated VDI 6017 (Lifts – fire recall systems) has been revised and was published in October 2024. The chair of the Regulation Committee, Dirk Preißl, has summarised the most important changes.
Photo: © zoff-photo/iStock News | February 2025 Assistance for emergency call management The revised VDI regulation 4705 was published in October 2024. It deals with emergency call management plans for the organisational and technical handling of emergency calls.
