Photo: © Verlagsanstalt Handwerk GmbH News | September 2026 Three questions for ... Knut Giesler The announcement that the Finnish lift group Kone would take over its German competitor TK Elevator (TK) also caught Knut Giesler flat-footed.
Photo: © Metron News | September 2026 Metron introduces new automatic landing door Metron has further developed the automatic landing door Uranos 2.0. It is intended to achieve greater installation accuracy, improved operational performance, and an overall upgraded user experience, the international lift manufacturer based in Greece declared.
Photo: © Verlagsanstalt Handwerk GmbH 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.
Photo: © FEEDA 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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Photo: © Cibes Lift Group News | May 2026 New CEO of the Cibes Lift Group Since 1 March, Martin Lewerth has been the new CEO of the Cibes Lift Group, an international manufacturer of platform and home lifts from Sweden.
Photo: © Bernd Lorenz/LIFTjournal News | May 2026 LiftExpo Poland issues invitation back to Warsaw The trade fair for the lift sector will open its doors for the second time in the Polish capital. What can exhibitors and visitors expect from the “International Trade Fair for Lifts, Components and Vertical Transport Technology” from 20 to 22 October?
Photo: © KONE GmbH News | April 2026 Kone and TK Elevator plan to merge It’s now official: Kone and TK Elevator are moving forward with the merger of the two companies. However, the transaction is subject to certain conditions. Employee representatives at TKE are extremely upset. Schindler plans to file a lawsuit.
Photo: © Fain News | April 2026 New CEO at Fain The Spanish company Fain has announced the appointment of Miguel Gómez as the new group CEO with effect from 1 February.
Photo: © Safeline News | April 2026 Stuart Garcia has been promoted at Safeline Safeline Group has appointed Stuart Garcia, the current CEO of Safeline UK, to its Group Management Team. He was previously the CEO in the UK, Ireland and Australia.
Photo: © metamorworks, istock News | April 2026 CiA board-of-directors statement The Board of Directors of the non-profit international user and manufacturer association CiA (CAN in Automation) has published a declaration on the EU Cyber Resilience Act (EU CRA) and its effects on CAN networks.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik News | April 2026 Telegärtner, Henning and Kübler cooperating The component manufacturers Henning, Fritz Kübler and Telegärtner Elektronik are bundling their respective portfolios to create a more comprehensive joint range of products and services.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | April 2026 Ziehl-Abegg breaks the one-billion-euro barrier The industrial company Ziehl-Abegg based in Künzelsau (Germany) has released business figures for 2025: for the first time in the company’s 116-year history, revenue exceeded one billion euros (previous year: EUR 893 million).
Photo: © privat News | April 2026 New DACH head at Raloe Klaus Gerhards has been the new head at the lift builder Raloe for the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland (“DACH”) since February.
