Photo: © Daniel Nyman/Ascenco Group News | January 2026 Ascenco Group expands to Norway Ascenco Group AB (“Ascenco”) expanded its presence to Oslo, Norway by taking over Heiskompaniet AS (“Heiskompaniet”).
Photo: © KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz / okapidesign / LIFTjournal News | January 2026 Kone acquires companies in the Munich area ATH Aufzüge GmbH, a subsidiary of Kone headquartered in Heilbronn with a branch in Munich, acquired the elevator businesses of two medium-sized elevator companies on January 1, 2026.
Photo: © EdmoLift News | January 2026 The EN 1570 series is expanding EN 1570-1, Safety requirements for lifting tables – Part 1: Lifting tables serving up to two fixed landings has already been available since 1998. It has undergone continuous further development over the course of time.
Photo: © makslab/123RF.com News | January 2026 Schindler Switzerland acquires Swiss SME Schindler subsidiary AS Aufzüge has acquired a Swiss lift company.
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News | October 2018 Bosses train DB technicians personally To ensure that customers on the spot are also well prepared for escalators breaking down, the bosses of Weber Tec, Mike and Wolfgang Weber, personally trained four technicians of Deutsche Bahn.
News | October 2018 Merger: Europe is the goal Orona approves its merger with Electra Vitoria and sets the goal to strengthen its position in Europe during its annual general meeting.
News | September 2018 interlift 2019: New representative for Turkey With Bülent Yilmaz the interlift organizer AFAG Messen und Ausstellungen GmbH has been able to win a further branch insider as a representative for the world’s leading trade fair.
News | September 2018 E2 Forum – future themes for lift construction The main subjects of the E2 Forum, which had its premiere in Frankfurt, were innovation, digitalisation and sustainability in the buildings of tomorrow.
News | September 2018 BTR: Change of generations completed The BTR Brandschutz-Technik- und Rauchabzug Service GmbH and Seifert & Jedamski Brandschutz-Technik und Rauchabzug Service GmbH have decided on a change of generations.
News | September 2018 New communication tools for drives Two new generation mobile and contactless communication tools allowing faster set-up, commissioning and real-time monitoring of its variable frequency drives (VFDs) have been launched recently by Invertek Drives. OptitoolsMobile and OptistickSmart.
News | September 2018 New sales director at Riedl Quantum Samira Nabulsi has been named the new sales director of the DCC department (doors, cars and components) at Riedl Quantum. She is responsible for all tasks related to marketing, trade fairs and company presentation.
News | September 2018 Explosion-protected lift doors – redefined A new legal framework entered into effect for the new regulation of explosion protection in Europe on 20 April 2016 in the form of the ATEX Directive 2016/34/EU.
News | September 2018 Lifts and the Eco-design Directive In order to reach the objectives of its environmental policy, the EU adopted a series of legislative acts with the goal of improving energy efficiency.
