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: © GRW News | May 2020 RAL quality association: New member of the Board of Directors Jens Westphal from B.A.S.E. Gebäudetechnik GmbH in Ahrensburg (Germany) has been elected unanimously as the new deputy chairman of the RAL quality association “Montage und Wartung von RWA-Anlagen e.V.".
Photo: © Dmitry Kalinovsky/123rf.com News | May 2020 Modernisation from the point of view of an assembly company Modernising lifts has developed into an important challenge for lift companies in recent years in Europe – as a result of demographic change and the regular revision of the legal foundations.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | May 2020 Lift Forum 2020: New trends and developments Interesting news from the areas of door modernisation, CANopen, BIM and condition monitoring – this is promised by the now established Lift Forum, which will take place again this year.
Photo: © Hansen News | May 2020 New hygiene protection products protect the company Hansen is currently mastering the corona crisis with a new business idea: In addition to its day-to-day business, the company produces hygienic protective walls made of acrylic glass and face visors made of PET-G as drip protection.
Photo: © Felix Sango/Schaefer News | May 2020 First Lift Symposium in Johannesburg At the beginning of March, Schaefer staged the first Lift Symposium in Johannesburg. Its partner and co-organiser was Algi.
Photo: © Andrei Fedco/123RF.com News | May 2020 Corona in practice: chronology of a crisis In 2020, an estimated 40 percent of all lifts will need to have a lift emergency call system retrofitted. The GS electronic/GS Group had prepared for this rush. But then came the Corona crisis…
Photo: © Scandinavian Stock/123rf.com News | April 2020 Free webinars on Functional Safety The Liftinstituut now offers free webinars on Functional Safety – an introduction to PESS. The first webinar will take place on April 28.
Photo: © Kollmorgen News | April 2020 Cyber-attack on a lift? In recent years, the sensitivity regarding IT security has grown – also in the lift industry. It’s not difficult to understand why. But how can companies protect themselves against cyber-attacks?
Photo: © Uventions News | April 2020 Lifts reliably virus-free with UV light The infection risk in lifts is very high. A new disinfection method per UV light should be able to considerably improve the hygiene in lifts and other rooms autonomously.
