Photo: © Elfin News | April 2025 Two-sense emergency call with sign language Elfin Technology has developed a two-sense emergency call, which in addition to classic speech communication, also opens a visual communication channel.
Photo: © LIFTjournal / Bernd Lorenz News | April 2025 120 years young - Bode Components celebrates anniversary 1905 is not just the year of the consecration of the Berlin Cathedral and the decision to build the Mittelland Canal. It was also the year in which Theodor Bongers established his first company in Dusseldorf, the precursor company to today’s Bode Components GmbH.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | April 2025 Three questions to … Christian Dreßler Christian Dressler has been second managing director at Meiller Aufzugtüren since 1 January 2024. The 42-year old has taken on the role of the management spokesperson.
Photo: © privat News | April 2025 Kostas Papadopoulos: Job change after 15 years Kostas Papadopoulos has made a career change: He is now the new sales manager at Greek lift manufacturer Vigor Technology PC in Thessaloniki.
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Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg / Marc Weigert News | July 2021 Ziehl-Abegg: 2020 as roller coaster ride “2020 was like a roller coaster ride: border closures, material loss, collapse in sales and order increases all rapidly succeeded each other,” recalled Peter Fenkl from Ziehl-Abegg.
Photo: © Mahdis Mousavi, unsplash / istock / Montage News | July 2021 The brave new world of the IT believers Many people believe that IT-based solutions are an affordable way of being able to hand over their responsibility and solve problems.
Photo: © Hotel Savoy News | July 2021 New coating for metallic surfaces Aesthetics in lift building: the new CernoTex coating from Rimex Metals was developed to seal high quality steel designs.
Photo: © Ulrike Lotze News | June 2021 Liftex 2022: Great exhibitor interest Despite being 16 months out from the show, Liftex 2022 has sold 67% of its floor space in the first four weeks of booking. ELA and Liftex 2019
Photo: © TK Elevator News | June 2021 Stair lift wins Red Dot Award The S200 stair lift of TK Elevator has won the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021. Conceived by Business Unit TK Home Solutions and designed by Pearson Lloyd design studio.
Photo: © AFAG News | June 2021 “We’ve been in crisis mode for over a year” The postponement of the interlift has caused quite a stir. LIFTjournal talked to Henning Könicke, the managing director of the interlift organiser AFAG, about the background to this and the reactions of the industry.
Photo: © okapidesign News | June 2021 Langer & Laumann: Homepage in new look After some “exciting and strenuous weeks involving technical, content and optical revision”, the new website of Langer & Laumann has been thoroughly modernised and renewed, the company reported.
Photo: © Hengstler GmbH News | June 2021 Hengstler celebrates 175th anniversary Hengstler GmbH is celebrating its anniversary: 175 years ago, the company was established in Aldingen (south Germany) as a clock industry supplier.
Photo: © privat News | June 2021 New branch manager at Schmitt + Sohn Alexander Schurz is the new branch manager of Schmitt + Sohn in Regensburg. The 56-year old reports to managing director Maximilian Schmitt.
