Photo: © Hauer GmbH / Matthias Breunig News | May 2025 Hauer expands its international team Igor Vian joined the team of Hauer – the elevator shop in March as International Sales Manager.
Photo: © View Elevator News | May 2025 View Elevator: bankruptcy and new beginning View Solutions GmbH, familiar under the name View Elevator, aims to start anew after its insolvency at the end of 2024.
Photo: © Bernstein News | May 2025 Gisela Bernstein celebrates her eightieth birthday Gisela Bernstein, long-standing chairperson of Bernstein AG, celebrated her eightieth birthday on 5 March. Together with her husband, Hans-Joachim Bernstein, she has helped to shape the history of the company for decades.
Photo: © okapidesign News | May 2025 New “Aufzugshop Frano Witt” online The new webshop “Auzugshop Frano Witt” opened its digital doors. The ‘Liftshop’ promises to fundamentally change the way experts order lift parts.
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Photo: © Adobe Photoshop generiert News | December 2024 French lift association demands postponement of 2G and 3G termination In France, 2G and 3G are scheduled to end at the end of 2026 and 2029 at the latest respectively. The Fédération des Ascenseurs (FAS) is pleading for the shutdowns to be postponed for at least two years.
Photo: © Deutsche Telekom News | December 2024 Deutsche Telekom announces 2G shutdown Telekom is the first mobile telecommunications provider to announce the date for the planned shutdown of its 2G network in Germany. It is expected to have been removed from the network completely by 30 June 2028.
Photo: © NürnbergMesse / Heiko Stahl News | December 2024 interlift 2025: New location and further growth From 14 to 17 October 2025, the lift industry will meet for the first time at Messe Nürnberg. According to the organiser, more exhibition space has already been booked than at the last interlift.
Photo: © Schindler Holding News | December 2024 New CEO at the Schindler Group The Board of Directors of Schindler Holding Ltd. has appointed Paolo Compagna, currently Chief Operating Officer, as new CEO, effective April 1, 2025. He will succeed Silvio Napoli (photo), currently Chairman and CEO.
Photo: © Löher News | December 2024 Obituary Ali Aktaş Ali Aktaş passed away on 11 September in Izmir. The founder of the Turkish lift, escalator and moving walkway manufacturer Löher was 84 years old. He was active in the company until 2022, most recently as Honorary President.
Photo: © LIFTjournal / Bernd Lorenz News | December 2024 On Fridays, three stay at home Employers looking to recruit the best workforce have to offer employees and applicants something. At Aufzugsservice Steck, this is the four-day week at the same pay. The idea came from the four employees.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | December 2024 TK Elevator announces new CFO Philipp Müller has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer at TK Elevator with effect from 1 October. He succeeds Ercan Keles, who has been appointed as CEO of TK Elevator’s business unit Access Solutions.
Photo: © Konstantin32 / Dall.e/123RF.com News | December 2024 Fibre-optic expansion puts British lift operators under pressure The UK is converting its landline network from analogue to digital. The copper cables will probably be cut for good at the beginning of 2027. By then, the emergency call systems of lifts must also be converted.
Photo: © DALL.E / perfectpixelhunter_123RF / okapidesign News | December 2024 Cyber security: what manufacturers can do now Cyber security has been playing a major role in the lift world for quite some time. Up to now, there was no lift-specific harmonised standard for cyber security. Many lift and component manufacturers are unsure how they should tackle this issue.
