Photo: © privat News | April 2024 Obituary for Gerhard Thumm Gerhard Thumm died at the end of February 2024 at the age of 72. He held various responsible positions at TK Elevator from 1976 to 2018.
Photo: © LIFTjournal / Bernd Lorenz News | April 2024 Grabmayer moves to Safeline Martin Grabmayer has been responsible as sales manager at Safeline for the launch and distribution of monitoring systems and cloud-based maintenance tools for lifts companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since March 2024.
Photo: © Kone News | April 2024 Kone acquires Paca Ascenseurs Assa Abloy has sold its lift maintenance business Paca ascenseur (Paca) in France to Kone. With this acquisition, Kone intends to strengthen its local presence in the region.
Photo: © Wittur News | April 2024 Wittur: New Chief Financial Officer Gero Neumeier is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Wittur Group. He has been appointed with effect from 1 April 2024. Neumeier succeeds Bob Rajan, who served as interim CFO of the company.
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Photo: © Olga Gavrilenko/123RF.com News | November 2023 EN ISO 8100-1/2: a new era for the lift sector EN ISO 8100-1/2 – when will these standards finally arrive? Why is it all taking so long? What do the draft standards look like? What will then change? What new technical requirements will there be for lifts, safety components and parts?
Photo: © Tutti Frutti / shutterstock News | November 2023 Extension of the CE-marking: First, many people laughed … The UK is back in the headlines: After a long period of calm over Brexit, some good news is now attracting attention: The British government has extended indefinitely the recognition of CE marking for placing goods on the UK market.
Photo: © Wittur News | October 2023 What's going on with Wittur? In spring, an article in the German magazine "Finance" caused a stir in the lift industry. "It's five to twelve at Wittur: Moody's has downgraded the lift parts supplier's rating by two notches from Caa1 to Caa3," it said.
Photo: © Bernstein News | October 2023 Bernstein enters into partnership in Australia Pacific Automation is to ensure that the safety technology and suspension systems of Bernstein AG are available throughout Australia.
Photo: © VFA News | October 2023 New employee at the VFA Dipl.-Ing. Anne Zerno has been supporting the VFA standards team at the national level since 1 August.
Photo: © Cedes / relayr News | October 2023 Condition monitoring and light curtains Cedes and relayr have developed a joint solution for smart data use in the lift sector. The new offer combines the IoT-capable light curtain cegard/Smart from Cedes with relayr’s “Skyler Elevate” predictive maintenance solution.
Photo: © PohlCon News | October 2023 Innovative lift shaft anchor The JFL lift shaft anchor from PohlCon is an anchor point embedded in concrete, designed for heavy loads. It is intended to make working in the lift shaft more efficient and convenient.
Photo: © Rimex Metals News | October 2023 The lift now helps to determine the design The stainless steel specialist Rimex Metals wants to cover all areas of lift design with its trade fair appearance at this year's interlift. Meeting lift planners’ wishes when it comes to lift design is a key objective.
Photo: © Dmitrii Shironosov/123RF.com News | October 2023 Hydroware: new reseller for MOD in Italy On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Hydroware Srl has signed a new reseller agreement with CSH. Hydroware has been present on the Italian market for 10 years through a subsidiary.