Photo: © ustudiographydd59/123RF.com News | June 2026 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: © Dirk Müller/KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | May 2026 EN ISO 8100-1/2:2026 standards – global standards for lifts EN 81-20/50 are the main safety standards for lifts. These standards have been revised, so that now the EN ISO 8100-1/2:2026 standards are available.
Photo: © Bundesverband Metall News | May 2026 Rolf Rehbold joins the Bundesverband Metall Rolf Rehbold assumed the position of departmental head of occupational training at the Federal Metalworking Association (BVM) on 1 January 2026.
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Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | September 2020 CANopen Lift car drive units If you design lifts using devices from different manufacturers, interoperability is essential. This keeps effort low when integrating third-party products. Especially, standardized interfaces for car drive units would help.
Photo: © Ulrike Lotze News | September 2020 Euro-Lift postponed Euro-Lift 2020 has now also postponed its event date. The elevator trade fair was originally scheduled to take place in Kielce, Poland, from October 14 to 15.
Photo: © Otis GmbH & Co. OHG News | September 2020 “Enhance safety with innovations” It all began with the invention of the crash-safe lift. Ever since the foundation of Otis in 1853, safety has come first.
Photo: © Arnolds News | August 2020 Arnolds to retire Klaus Arnolds is retiring. The first technician of the Westdeutsche Runfunk broadcaster was one of the co-founders of the LIFTjournal and was a member of its advisory board from the start.
Photo: © Thilo Schumann / CAN in Automation (CiA) e.V. News | August 2020 CiA board of directors re-elected The members of the nonprofit international CAN in Automation (CiA) users’ and manufacturers’ association re-elected the board of directors as well as the members of the CiA business committee and the CiA technical committee.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | August 2020 Otis door drive conversion solution developed In recent years, Otis has integrated various activation versions in its door controllers.
Photo: © N.L.C. NOVA LIFT News | August 2020 Solution for compact shafts Raloe has developed a complete lift that manages both with a shaft head height of 2400 mm and simultaneously with a pit depth of just 265 mm.
Photo: © mayr Antriebstechnik News | August 2020 Mayr: Commitment to climate protection Mayr Antriebstechnik from Mauerstetten (Germany) has been climate neutral since 2020. For this purpose, the mechanical engineering company relies on a wide catalogue of measures.
Photo: © Martin Schulze News | August 2020 Better adjustment of rope and drum In a current doctoral thesis at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering of TU Clausthal, a new approach has been developed on how to analyze the behaviour of ropes on multi-layer spooled rope drums and better adjusting the system components with each other.
