Photo: © Nina Skripietz/Braun Aufzüge News | October 2026 From a garage in Hesse to the world market “Forty years are half a lifetime,” noted the managing directors of Braun Aufzüge, Tobias Braun and Pamela Schmidt on this occasion.
Photo: © elevisionXperts News | October 2026 More precise data from the lift shaft If Sebastian Heduschka gets his way, measuring with yardsticks and plumb lines should become a thing of the past. He deploys a 3D laser scanner to obtain more precise data and transfer the digital model to BIM.
Photo: © Skanio News | October 2026 Innovative measurement of vertical space The start-up “Skanio” uses LiDAR scans to provide precise data for the modernisation of lifts and escalators. The systems do not need to be taken out of service during the process more than a few minutes at a time.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | October 2026 VFA Forum interlift ’27: Call for Papers The VFA-Interlift is calling on potential speakers to apply now to give a presentation at the VFA Forum interlift ’27: “Contribute your expertise and help shape the presentation programme of interlift 2027!”
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News | January 2019 Linear measurement system for safe shaft copying Inspired by "everything under one roof", Kübler came up with the idea of marketing a new measurement system for safe, absolute shaft copying, together with its portfolio of encoders and bearingless encoders.
News | January 2019 Lift Group Kone is top employer For the second time in a row, Kone has been honoured by Forbes Business Magazine as one of the best employers in the world.
News | January 2019 New member of EFESME The Bulgarian Association of Lift Manufacturers (BALM) is a new member of EFESME.
News | January 2019 Innovative robotic system for elevators Schindler has announced the debut of its breakthrough Robotics Installation System for Elevators (R.I.S.E), with which it hopes to pave the way for greater automation and digitalization in the lift industry.
News | January 2019 Riedl Quantum: Complete lift into serial production The newly developed complete QUANT lift developed by Riedl Quantum can now be ordered from its designers after presentation of the prototype at the interlift 2017.
News | January 2019 EFESME: General Assembly and Lift Forum The last EFESME General Assembly and Board of Directors and the SBS Lift Forum on Digitalisation were held on the 18th of December 2018, at the SBS premises in Brussels.
News | January 2019 Lift 4.0 – opportunity and threat for SMEs The Internet of Things (IoT) also applies to the lift. Initial solutions for predictive maintenance are becoming established on the market.
News | January 2019 RepKit: the fast, easy way to repair the car door drive Most of the approximately 750,000 lifts in Germany are more than twenty years old. They are subject to natural wear and suffer more or less frequent malfunctions.
News | January 2019 ELA has a new secretary general The new secretary general of the European Lift Association (ELA) is the Italian Luca Pezzini. He will take office in mid-January.
