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).
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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.
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.
