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: © Hans & Jos. Kronenberg GmbH News | June 2020 Kronenberg GmbH: Retirement after 40 years After 40 years of employment at Hans & Jos. Kronenberg GmbH, Birgitt Frings has commenced her well-deserved retirement at the beginning of June 2020.
Photo: © alexandersikov/123RF.com News | June 2020 Two lift standards have been reissued Two important European lift standards have been revised: EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 (February 2020 issue).
Photo: © HPM Technologie News | June 2020 New managing director at HPM Technologie Steffen Hoffmann is the new managing director of HPM Technologie GmbH.
Photo: © Konstantin Pelikh/123rf.com News | June 2020 Working safely during the corona crisis Two European lift associations have published a joint compendium. It should support the lift industry during the current coronavirus crisis and provide workers with practical information on how to behave.
Photo: © Schneider Intercom / Commend International News | May 2020 Tightened standards for lift operators Passenger transport systems will be more strictly examined from 2021. Modernisation and modern emergency call systems will therefore become increasingly important in 2020.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik News | May 2020 Control panel display rounds off the emergency call system When it comes to lift emergency calls, operators also have to think of the optical signalling. This is required by DIN EN 81-28:2018.
Photo: © Giovenzana International B.V. News | May 2020 What is lift security for Giovenzana international? Following the introduction of the new standard EN 81-20 / EN 81-50, Giovenzana International B.V. has developed – with the support of the most important manufacturers worldwide – systems and solutions to allow the maintenance and inspection of lifts in complete safety.
Photo: © Notrufzentrale Behnke News | May 2020 Golden telephone for 1000 connections Loyalty is rewarded: 1000 connections to the Behnke emergency call control centre - Aufzugtechnik Süd GmbH has reached this record number. Behnke awarded a golden telephone for this achievement.
Photo: © Cedes/Riccardo Götz News | May 2020 TOF/Start – a solution that really works Escalators are an integral part of our everyday lives. But it is not only increasing pedestrian traffic that is raising the demands on the safety and efficiency of escalators; climate change also calls for solutions to save more energy.
