Photo: © privat News | May 2025 New convenor of Working Group 1 Daniel Bisang (52) has been elected unanimously as the new convenor of the working group 1 “Lifts and service lifts” of CEN TC 10.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik GmbH News | May 2025 Michael Puttrus goes to Telegärtner Michael Puttrus has assumed a new position: the mechanical engineer is now Business Development Manager at the German lift emergency call specialist Telegärtner Elektronik.
Photo: © VDMA News | May 2025 Image campaign: ‘We can only become more visible together’ The Trade Association Lifts and Escalators in the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) has launched the second round of the image campaign “Beweger gesucht” (starring movers). Jan Steeger, project manager of the campaign, has compiled the most important questions and answers for LIFTjournal.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | May 2025 TKE: New investor and a joint venture TK Elevator and Alat announce strategic joint venture to manufacture end-to-end elevator and escalator solutions in Saudi Arabia, with Alat also becoming a shareholder in TK Elevator.
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Photo: © Pop Nukoonrat/123RF.com News | December 2021 TK Elevator: Positive performance in first financial year TK Elevator reports that it was able to increase all relevant key figures in the 2020/21 financial year ending September 30 – despite the Corona pandemic, material cost inflation and supply chain bottlenecks.
Photo: © kazuo-ota, unsplash.com / Grafik: okapidesign News | December 2021 Brexit: UKCA mark and implications Following the pandemic and Brexit, Nick Mellor gives an overview of the UK lift and escalator industry and the new rules around UKCA marking.
Photo: © Prathan Chorruangsak/123RF.com News | December 2021 Hundt takes over Liftinsight Hundt Consult has taken over the Dutch company Liftinzicht, better known under its brand Liftinsight.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | December 2021 Change at Meiller Peter Will, sales and product manager at Meiller Aufzugtüren, is retiring at the end of the year. He will be succeeded by Jürgen Kral.
Photo: © murrstock/123RF.com News | December 2021 EN 81-40 has been harmonised The European standard for safety rules for the construction and installation of inclined stair lifts and platform lifts with inclined track for persons with impaired mobility was harmonised in mid-October.
Photo: © EDGE/Bloomimages News | December 2021 Double decker lifts in the Edge East Side Berlin high rise The lift group Kone will be installing 14 lifts and three escalators in the under construction Edge East Side Berlin building, whose main tenant is Amazon. These include the first eight double decker lifts in the German-speaking countries.
Photo: © Schmitt + Sohn Aufzüge News | December 2021 Schmitt + Sohn Aufzüge was established 160 years ago This year, the family company Schmitt + Sohn Aufzüge will be celebrating its founding 160 years ago.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | November 2021 TK Elevator: Two Red Dot Awards for new design Since February 2021, TK Elevator has been an independent company and has a new brand identity and brand design. It was designed together with the design and brand consultancy MetaDesign.
Photo: © VmA News | November 2021 VmA supports Wolie ideationally Since April 2020, the Initiative “Women in the Lift Industry in Europe” (Wolie) has a new ideational sponsor, the German Federation of Medium-Sized Lift Companies (Vereinigung mittelständischer Aufzugsunternehmen, VmA).
