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: © adiruch na chiangmai - stock.adobe.com News | July 2025 The most important events for the lift industry Convenient overview: The most important trade fairs and events of the lift industry at a glance! We constantly update the dates.
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Photo: © AFAG News | July 2021 interlift 22: Over 80 percent of the space is already occupied Well over 300 elevator companies have now registered for interlift, and a good 80 percent of the available space has been booked. This is reported by the interlift trade fair organizer AFAG. There will be a kind of digital preview at the originally planned date in October 2021.
Photo: © Rocom Energie- und Kommunikationssysteme News | July 2021 Emergency call device now also with VoLTE The Helpy 2W-EWMS from Rocom is an emergency call device according to EN81.28 (2018), which offers not only emergency calls, but also extended surveillance and maintenance functions for Lift 4.0 applications.
Photo: © Hundt Consult News | July 2021 New partners at Hundt Consult Hundt Consult has reinforced its group of partners with Marcus Lehmann and Florian Stetter. They are co-founders of Lift Technology and Lift Innotec, both subsidiaries of Hundt Consult.
Photo: © Gefran News | July 2021 New frequency converter for lift technology Gefran has expanded its product portfolio in the field of lift technology with a new frequency converter series that is intended to cover a wide field of application and do justice to current industry demands.
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.