Photo: © wrightstudio/123RF.com News | May 2025 A strong brand makes a difference A clear brand identity not only strengthens a company but also its employees and customers. This also applies to small and medium-sized lift manufacturers.
Photo: © Elsco News | May 2025 Elsco: New European Sales Manager Elevator Safety Company (Elsco) has announced the appointment of Hicham Chamseddine Naamani as its new European Sales Manager. Elsco is an international provider of elevator roller and swivel guides.
Photo: © KLST News | May 2025 “We were looking for a strong partner” The LIFTjournal once again has three questions: In view of recent events, the person we’re talking to this time is Detlef Klinkhammer, founder and managing director of “Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponenten für Aufzüge” (KLST), based in Zülpich near Cologne.
Photo: © VmA News | May 2025 VmA Board of Directors re-elected Udo Niggemeier has been confirmed in his office as Chairman of the Association of SME Lift Companies (Vereinigung mittelständischer Aufzugsunternehmen - VmA). The 59-year old has been heading the association since 2021.
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News | February 2017 Board of Management confirmed in office The general meeting of the RAL Quality Association "Assembly and maintenance of smoke and heat extraction systems” confirmed the course adopted by the Board of Management in Hamburg.
News | January 2017 Communication 4.0 in Mauerstetten Mayr Antriebstechnik has celebrated the roofing ceremony for its new Communications Centre "mayr.com” in Mauerstetten.
News | January 2017 Avire appoints new technical director Lift safety and communication specialist Avire has appointed Michael Stembridge as its new technical director. Stembridge will assume product development responsibility for the global Avire organisation.
News | January 2017 Electronic brake control – silent and safe Contactor-less frequency inverters are now state-of-the-art technology in the elevator industry.
News | January 2017 Low investment – lots of energy saved In lift shafts inside the thermal envelope warm air flows through the gaps of the landing doors into the shaft. Reinforced by the chimney effect, it escapes to the outside uncontrolled through the smoke vent opening. Considerable heat losses and high heating costs are the consequence.
News | January 2017 Flat belts for efficiency Otis recently sold the 500,000th unit of the Gen2 model. The ropes used in conventional lifts have been replaced by flat belts here. This creates more travel comfort, greater reliability, more economic operation and increased energy efficiency.
News | January 2017 Success for Euro-Lift The 4th Euro-Lift 2016, the international trade fair of the lift industry, took place in Kielce in central Poland. A total of 108 exhibitors presented their products to almost 2000 interested visitors.
News | January 2017 Honored with horizontal transportation solutions ThyssenKrupp has been presented with the "Project of the Year” award by Elevator World, for its innovative iwalk moving walks installed at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Int. Airport in Madinah (Saudi Arabia).
News | January 2017 Everything under control: machine-to-machine networks The desire for remote control and monitoring of machinery and systems is growing continually. There are many different reasons for this, such as increasing availability, cutting costs or expanding new service business models.
