Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 Orona acquires German SME A German lift company has once again been taken over – this time by the Spanish group Orona.
Photo: © Liwetec News | November 2025 Liwetec presents new user interface Liwetec has completely revamped the Elevator Portal and presented it with a new user interface that supports the planning, technical calculation, and configuration of elevators.
Photo: © Stefano Uslenghi Rocom Energie- und Kommunikationssysteme News | November 2025 Rocom’s smallest lift emergency call system Rocom unveiled a new lift emergency call system according to EN 81-28:2022 at the interlift. The “Helpy Supercompact” is the manufacturer’s smallest emergency call system and according to Rocom provides “a lot of performance in mini format.”
Photo: © Leitronic News | November 2025 5G meets sustainability The mobile communications technology 5G promises completely new vistas for the Internet of Things (IoT). Higher data rates, lower latencies and boosted capacity are expected to change entire sectors.
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Photo: © Hundt Consult News | July 2025 Subsidiary in Austria Following the Dutch company Hundt Consult B.V. in 2020, the lift management company Hundt Consult is now opening its second international subsidiary, Hundt Consult Austria, with offices in Vienna and Innsbruck.
News | July 2025 A new face at interlift He currently works alongside Joachim Kalsdorf, but in 2027 Michael Löffler will take sole responsibility for interlift. LIFTjournal asked him about his plans.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | July 2025 Three questions for ... Ulrich Brumm At the beginning of April, Ulrich Brumm was newly elected to the board of the Association for Elevator Technology (VFA-Interlift) at its general meeting. We asekd the 56-year-old managing director of Orba-Lift Aufzugsdienst our three questions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
