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: © VFA-Interlift e.V. News | April 2022 interlift without Corona restrictions The interlift organisers are pleased: Since the pandemic emergency of national scope has been lifted for Germany as of April 2, the AFAG expects that the interlift 2022 can take place without any restrictions for exhibitors and visitors.
Photo: © B&M Noskowski, Aleksei_Derin / Getty Images / Montage/iStock.com News | April 2022 Intensive discussions regarding future cybersecurity standard The draft of Part 20 of the ISO 8102 series on cybersecurity of lifts and escalators was published recently. An article by Tim Ebeling in LIFTjournal 5/21 on this topic caused an intensive discussion between him and Max Mairle from TK Elevator on our website.
Photo: © tobrono/123RF.com News | April 2022 Thirty years in the service of the controller area network On 5 March 1992 the registered association CAN in Automation (CiA) was founded. Today, the association has over 700 members and has just submitted the third controller area network (CAN) generation for international standardisation.
Photo: © Hyundai Elevator News | April 2022 Hyundai Elevator appoints new CEO Hyundai Elevator appointed Cho Jae Chun, executive vice president of the elevator business division, as the company’s new CEO.
Photo: © pixabay / Fotomontage Ascendor News | April 2022 Digitalisation offensive at Ascendor Lifttechnik The Austrian lift builder Ascendor intends to meet the rising demand for barrier-free solutions: for this purpose, it has developed a new product configurator.
Photo: © Otis News | April 2022 Judy Marks elected as Chair The Otis Board of Directors has elected Judy Marks as its chair, effective February 3, 2022. Marks will also continue in her current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Otis, a role she has held since June 2019.
Photo: © RST Elektronik GmbH News | April 2022 RST Elektronik with new controller generation The demands on lift controllers have greatly increased in recent years. To do justice to these demands, RST Elektronik has optimised its previous IMC 2 controller generation.
Photo: © Schindler News | March 2022 ELA: New Vice President The European Lift Association (ELA) appointed Andreas Wespi as its new Vice President. Wespi brings more than 35 years of expertise within the elevator industry.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | March 2022 TK Elevator opens new North American headquarters TK Elevator recently opened its new North American headquarters. Located in Atlanta, the complex of three buildings includes both office space and a Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC).
