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News | May 2020

Modernisation from the point of view of an assembly company

Modernising lifts has developed into an important challenge for lift companies in recent years in Europe – as a result of demographic change and the regular revision of the legal foundations.

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News | May 2020

Lift Forum 2020: New trends and developments

Interesting news from the areas of door modernisation, CANopen, BIM and condition monitoring – this is promised by the now established Lift Forum, which will take place again this year.

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News | May 2020

New hygiene protection products protect the company

Hansen is currently mastering the corona crisis with a new business idea: In addition to its day-to-day business, the company produces hygienic protective walls made of acrylic glass and face visors made of PET-G as drip protection.

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News | May 2020

First Lift Symposium in Johannesburg

At the beginning of March, Schaefer staged the first Lift Symposium in Johannesburg. Its partner and co-organiser was Algi.

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News | May 2020

Corona in practice: chronology of a crisis

In 2020, an estimated 40 percent of all lifts will need to have a lift emergency call system retrofitted. The GS electronic/GS Group had prepared for this rush. But then came the Corona crisis…

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News | April 2020

Free webinars on Functional Safety

The Liftinstituut now offers free webinars on Functional Safety – an introduction to PESS. The first webinar will take place on April 28.

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News | April 2020

Cyber-attack on a lift?

In recent years, the sensitivity regarding IT security has grown – also in the lift industry. It’s not difficult to understand why. But how can companies protect themselves against cyber-attacks?

News | April 2020

Lifts reliably virus-free with UV light

The infection risk in lifts is very high. A new disinfection method per UV light should be able to considerably improve the hygiene in lifts and other rooms autonomously.