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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.

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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.".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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.

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?

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TOF/Start – a solution that really works

RAL quality association: New member of the Board of Directors

Modernisation from the point of view of an assembly company

Lift Forum 2020: New trends and developments

New hygiene protection products protect the company

First Lift Symposium in Johannesburg

Corona in practice: chronology of a crisis

Free webinars on Functional Safety

Cyber-attack on a lift?