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News | December 2019

omnicon engineering taken over

At the end of October, Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. KG took over omnicon engineering GmbH, based in Kirkel-Limbach (Saarland, Germany).

News | December 2019

Cibes appoints managing director Germany

Cibes Lift Group established Cibes Lift Deutschland GmbH in autumn 2018. The group has now appointed Jaschar Mahmoudian as managing director.

News | November 2019

Digital transformation: now it’s up to the SMEs!

Company groups and larger enterprises have taken note of this development and are working on solutions. But the small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the lift industry currently lack the resources for this.

News | November 2019

Emergency call systems: present and future

From the provider point of view, lifts and emergency call systems are just a "niche". VoLTE is only now gradually becoming standard. The Swiss company Leitronic is already providing easy ways to retrofit.

News | November 2019

Inovance takes over BST

BST has merged with Monarch, the lift division of Inovance, in order to form a business platform for lifts for worldwide production and R&D. The aim is to create a world leader in lift controller solutions.

News | November 2019

So that the controller can continue to do its work...

Classic remote data transmission from serial interfaces is on the way out due to the conversion of telephony (land lines and mobile communications) to package-oriented technology.

News | November 2019

New: frequency inverters especially for lifts

Gefran presented its new series of ADL500 inverters for elevator technology for the first time at this year's Interlift.

News | November 2019

E2 Forum Mumbai premiere

Representatives of the lift and escalator industry and players from the real estate sector in India got together for the debut event of the E2 Forum in Mumbai.

News | November 2019

"We Elevate with Style"

Nova Elevators dedicated the last edition of interlift to all its customers who "placed their trust in the Brand and endorsed the Company’s experience" in the lift and homelift industry.

WEG: New ADL500 Elevator Drive at interlift

Tips for interlift exhibitors and visitors

New Chief Technology Officer at Elgo Batscale

Reinforcement for the Advisory Board of the LIFTjournal

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Impressions from Liftex 2025

Lift Expo Italia: More than 100 exhibitors and around 16,000 visitors

ELA-General Assembly and Annual Conference in Istanbul

Premiere for the Global Elevator Exhibition in Milan

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omnicon engineering taken over

Cibes appoints managing director Germany

Digital transformation: now it’s up to the SMEs!

Emergency call systems: present and future

Inovance takes over BST

So that the controller can continue to do its work...

New: frequency inverters especially for lifts

E2 Forum Mumbai premiere

"We Elevate with Style"