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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Photo: © Iconic Skin News | July 2020 Glass lift cladding For the first time, the glass cladding of a lift tower was fitted with a GSP outer hull. This construction element was developed by iconic skin several years ago.
Photo: © Invertek Drives News | July 2020 New Regional Manager for Invertek Drives USA David Dillon has joined Invertek Drives USA as Regional Sales Manager covering Eastern USA.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | July 2020 Supra: a new high-performance door Meiller has developed a new door series: the high performance Supra door. Among other things, it should be characterised by extremely quiet running.
Photo: © Klinikum Nordfriesland News | July 2020 Facial visors developed and donated Hansen from Haselund has donated the Klinikum Nordfriesland hospital 100 facial visors.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | July 2020 Modernisation made easy The development department of Langer & Laumann (L&L) has now designed a tailor-made solution for a rare door.
Photo: © B&M Noskowski, Aleksei_Derin / Getty Images / Montage/iStock.com News | July 2020 Who owns the data? The question comes up repeatedly: who owns the data produced by a lift? The lawyer Hartmut Hardt explains the legal position on the basis of the European General Data Protection Regulation and describes what a solution could look like.
Photo: © Cedes News | July 2020 iDiscovery with enhanced inspection functions The Cedes iDiscovery adopts safety-relevant functions of a lift according EN 81-20 up to SIL3. The system is EU type examined by TÜV Rheinland. Later this year Cedes will launch an iDiscovery with enhanced inspection functionality.
Photo: © Stingl News | July 2020 Assembly-friendly shaft wall cladding Stingl has developed a product to meet the requirements of EN81-20 5.2.5.3.1: an assembly-friendly shaft wall cladding made of flame-resistant rigid foam panels.
Photo: © Herkules Liftwerk News | July 2020 New platform lift with 3 m conveyance height With immediate effect, Herkules Liftwerk from Kaufungen (Germany) wants to rise even higher. With up to 3 m conveyance height, the new open platform vertical lift Atlas 3000 can manage an entire storey.
