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News | April 2020

ELA COVID-19 Statement

The "European Lift Association" (ELA) has issued a statement on the coronavirus pandemic. ELA request, for example, that the relevant national authority in each country consider the maintenance of lifts as "critical activity" or "essential service".

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News | April 2020

Schaefer buys Wallraff Lifttechnik

Schaefer GmbH, headquartered in Sigmaringen (BW), has taken over the company Wallraff Lifttechnik from Neuss on April 1, 2020 after many years of cooperation.

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News | April 2020

Otis begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange

Otis Worldwide Corporation will begin its first day of “regular-way” common stock trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today at market open after completing its separation from United Technologies.

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News | April 2020

Lift operators throwing money out the window

Every year in Germany alone, lifts are responsible for up to 500 million euros in avoidable energy costs. Lift operators are literally throwing money out the window.

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News | April 2020

LIFTjournal relaunches website

The German and English homepage of the LIFTjournal appears in new glory since the end of March: the website has been completely redesigned. This relaunch is part of publisher’s digital strategy.

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News | April 2020

NBSL acquires majority equity of Prisma S.p.A.

NBSL M&E Technology CO., LTD announces the acquisition of majority stakes in Prisma S.p.A., a global manufacturer and supplier of automatic doors for elevators, based in Mezzani (PR), Italy.

News | March 2020

Change in the Kone Executive Board

Max Alfthan has decided to step down from his role as Executive Vice President responsible for Marketing and Communications at Kone as of 31 March 2020.

News | March 2020

New high performance door for fast lifts

The Munich component manufacturer Meiller Aufzugtüren has developed the new high performance door "Sprint 4.0 I" especially for fast lifts.

News | March 2020

Worldwide first lift with C2C certification

The "Move" of Mitsubishi Elevator Europe was especially developed for the European market and was completely designed according to the "cradle-to-cradle" (C2C) principle.

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ELA COVID-19 Statement

Schaefer buys Wallraff Lifttechnik

Otis begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange

Lift operators throwing money out the window

LIFTjournal relaunches website

NBSL acquires majority equity of Prisma S.p.A.

Change in the Kone Executive Board

New high performance door for fast lifts

Worldwide first lift with C2C certification