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News | December 2019

New noise insulating element for lifts

At the interlift 2019, PohlCon Vertriebs GmbH demonstrated its new Jordahl brand structure-borne noise insulating element for acoustic decoupling of lifts.

News | December 2019

iDiscover: pre-launch before interlift

Cedes has launched a product intended to revolutionise lift safety. Cedes recently presented this innovation to guests from all over Europe, to enable them to discover the product prior to interlift 2019.

News | December 2019

100 years Osma – a lift family

It is the sixth biggest lift company in Germany. The fourth generation is now at the helm and in 2019 it will be precisely 100 years old: we are of course speaking of Osma-Aufzüge Albert Schenk GmbH & Co. KG.

News | December 2019

Exclusive interview: The plans of the new Wittur CEO

Why did Wittur shut down LM Liftmaterial a short time before the interlift? This is one of the questions Antoine Doutriaux, new CEO of Wittur Group, comments on in an exclusive interview with the LIFTjournal.

News | December 2019

omnicon engineering taken over

At the end of October, Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. KG took over omnicon engineering GmbH, based in Kirkel-Limbach (Saarland, Germany).

News | December 2019

Cibes appoints managing director Germany

Cibes Lift Group established Cibes Lift Deutschland GmbH in autumn 2018. The group has now appointed Jaschar Mahmoudian as managing director.

News | November 2019

Digital transformation: now it’s up to the SMEs!

Company groups and larger enterprises have taken note of this development and are working on solutions. But the small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the lift industry currently lack the resources for this.

News | November 2019

Emergency call systems: present and future

From the provider point of view, lifts and emergency call systems are just a "niche". VoLTE is only now gradually becoming standard. The Swiss company Leitronic is already providing easy ways to retrofit.

News | November 2019

Inovance takes over BST

BST has merged with Monarch, the lift division of Inovance, in order to form a business platform for lifts for worldwide production and R&D. The aim is to create a world leader in lift controller solutions.

Barrier-free lift operation  on the Wiener Linien

Orona acquires German SME

Liwetec presents new user interface

Rocom’s smallest lift emergency call system

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interlift 2025: Premiere in Nuremberg

Impressions from Liftex 2025

Lift Expo Italia: More than 100 exhibitors and around 16,000 visitors

ELA-General Assembly and Annual Conference in Istanbul

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New noise insulating element for lifts

iDiscover: pre-launch before interlift

100 years Osma – a lift family

Exclusive interview: The plans of the new Wittur CEO

omnicon engineering taken over

Cibes appoints managing director Germany

Digital transformation: now it’s up to the SMEs!

Emergency call systems: present and future

Inovance takes over BST

Barrier-free lift operation on the Wiener Linien

Orona acquires German SME

Liwetec presents new user interface

Rocom’s smallest lift emergency call system

Journal 10/2025

Journal 5/2025

Journal 4/2025

interlift 2025: Premiere in Nuremberg

Impressions from Liftex 2025

Lift Expo Italia: More than 100 exhibitors and around 16,000 visitors

ELA-General Assembly and Annual Conference in Istanbul

Subscription

Newsletter

Advertising rates

Contact persons

Verlagsanstalt Handwerk

Bookshop

New noise insulating element for lifts

iDiscover: pre-launch before interlift

100 years Osma – a lift family

Exclusive interview: The plans of the new Wittur CEO

omnicon engineering taken over

Cibes appoints managing director Germany

Digital transformation: now it’s up to the SMEs!

Emergency call systems: present and future

Inovance takes over BST

Barrier-free lift operation  on the Wiener Linien