Photo: © Gartec News | June 2026 LEIA appoints new leadership for Personal Lift Group The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has appointed Andrew Harper, Group CEO of Gartec, as Chair of its Personal Lift Group (PLG).
Photo: © diego vito cervo/123RF.com News | June 2026 Kone expands its presence in northern Germany Kone’s acquisition spree continues. Through its subsidiary M.S. Aufzüge, the Finnish lift manufacturer has acquired a medium-sized company from the north of Germany.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | June 2026 Lift motor manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg mourns the loss of Uwe Ziehl Uwe Ziehl passed away on 6 June 2026 at the age of 79. He served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the technology group Ziehl-Abegg from 2005 to 2020.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift e.V. News | June 2026 Internationalization of standardization: A challenge for SMEs The publication of EN ISO 8100-1 and -2 represents the continuation of a development that has characterised lift standardisation for several years: the greater international harmonisation of technical codes.
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News | October 2018 Lift without hydraulic oil for cold storage warehouses Lödige Industries recently completed the installation of a cargo lift for a Dutch logistics service provider in the health care sector.
News | October 2018 "With a clear vision into the future" Already since the end of 2017 Urs Affolter became managing director of the long-established company LM Liftmaterial. The 49 year-old intends to pay particular attention to client requirements and customer satisfaction.
News | October 2018 VFA Forum interlift ´19 – Call for Papers The VFA-Interlift e.V. will once again be holding its lecture forum at the interlift trade fair 2019. He invites the lift industry to give a presentation of about 20 minutes followed by a discussion.
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.
