Photo: © Motum News | January 2026 New move by Motum Motum acquired the Swedish lift company Hisscompaniet from Kristianstad on 1 November, thus widening its service network in southern Sweden.
Photo: © privat News | January 2026 Philip Molineus celebrates anniversary At the beginning of November 2025, Philip Molineus celebrated a company anniversary: the business graduate has been managing partner of the Henning Group in Schwelm for 25 years.
Photo: © Hauer GmbH/Matthias Breunig News | January 2026 Hauer expanding its technical support Maria Bosnaki joined the technical customer service of Hauer GmbH in September 2025.
Photo: © Gottschalk & Michaelis News | January 2026 Medium-sized company takes over lift company There is another way: Berlin-based medium-sized company Gottschalk und Michaelis has now taken over a small Berlin-based lift company.
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Photo: © Motum News | July 2025 Motum expanding on the Emerald Isle Ascension Lifts now belongs to Motum. This is the group’s first takeover outside of Scandinavia. The purchase in Ireland was an important milestone in its European expansion strategy.
Photo: © Architekturbüro Schomaker & Henschel News | July 2025 Röchling Industrial launches 17 million euro construction project The plastics engineering company Röchling Industrial is investing more than 17 million euros in expanding its Xanten location in North Rhine Westphalia.
Photo: © Cobianchi News | July 2025 Change of management at Cobianchi Dr Stephan Rohr took over the operational management of Cobianchi Liftteile at the turn of the year and now also holds a majority share in the company of Rudolf Ramseier.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | July 2025 Obituary for Stephan Kretzschmar It is with deep sadness that VFA-Interlift bids farewell to Stephan Kretzschmar, who died in a tragic plane crash on 5 July 2025, together with his 33-year-old son and his son's partner.
Photo: © Ascendor GmbH News | July 2025 Successful type examination certificate The shaftless vertical lifts UnaPorte and DuraPorte of the Austrian manufacturer Ascendor recently received their type examination certificates and as a result can be deployed in the private sphere for lift heights of up to four metres.
Photo: © Offner.tech News | June 2025 New managing director at Offner.tech Dr Martina Schwaiger has been the new managing director of Offner.tech GmbH since 1 March 2025, which is an inspection company for lifts, escalators, work equipment and technical installations in Austria.
Photo: © akkamulator/123RF.com News | June 2025 Ascenco Group acquires “Hiss-Craft i Norrland” The Ascenco Group (“Ascenco”) took over the after-market company “Hiss-Craft i Norrland” (Hiss-Craft) in Northern Sweden at the beginning of February.
Photo: © privat News | June 2025 David Wallen moves to Hydroware GmbH David Wallen has been director of Hydroware GmbHsince March 2025. The 41-year old previously worked for Cedes for nine months as key account manager.
Photo: © vectorfusionart / okapidesign/123RF.com News | June 2025 Cyber security standard: application an explosive issue A standard devoted to cyber security entered into force a while ago in the form of ISO 8102-20:2022. Even though it has not yet been harmonised, technical inspection organisations have been demanding manufacturer declarations since the summer of 2024.
