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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News | January 2017 Low investment – lots of energy saved In lift shafts inside the thermal envelope warm air flows through the gaps of the landing doors into the shaft. Reinforced by the chimney effect, it escapes to the outside uncontrolled through the smoke vent opening. Considerable heat losses and high heating costs are the consequence.
News | January 2017 Flat belts for efficiency Otis recently sold the 500,000th unit of the Gen2 model. The ropes used in conventional lifts have been replaced by flat belts here. This creates more travel comfort, greater reliability, more economic operation and increased energy efficiency.
News | January 2017 Success for Euro-Lift The 4th Euro-Lift 2016, the international trade fair of the lift industry, took place in Kielce in central Poland. A total of 108 exhibitors presented their products to almost 2000 interested visitors.
News | January 2017 Honored with horizontal transportation solutions ThyssenKrupp has been presented with the "Project of the Year” award by Elevator World, for its innovative iwalk moving walks installed at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Int. Airport in Madinah (Saudi Arabia).
News | January 2017 Everything under control: machine-to-machine networks The desire for remote control and monitoring of machinery and systems is growing continually. There are many different reasons for this, such as increasing availability, cutting costs or expanding new service business models.
News | January 2017 Parking place at a dizzy height The Hamilton Scotts Apartments are one of the best residential addresses the city-state of Singapore has to offer.
News | January 2017 Exhilaration of height We live in a world of superlatives. Cars and trains are supposed to get ever faster, people live ever longer and skyscrapers get higher and higher. There are to be no exceptions – including lifts.
News | January 2017 interlift 2017: Continuity as success factor The interlift 2015 was the biggest one so far. With 540 exhibitors, 20,440 visitors and 42,500 m² of occupied space it was able to set three new records. These will probably already be history in 2017.
Photo: © Kone / Christian Augustin News | October 2015 The arched escalators of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall They are unique in form and technology: the arched escalators of the Hamburg Philharmonic Hall which will be handed over to the guests in October 2015. From November 2016 they are to transport the members of the audience to the "Plaza” viewing platform. From here there is a fascinating view of Hamburg, the harbour and the Elbe. The overall complex will open in January 2017.
