Photo: © Lutz Aufzüge News | April 2026 Hans-Jürgen Lutz has passed away On 20 January 2026, Hans-Jürgen Lutz, former managing partner of Lutz Aufzüge, passed away at the age of 92.
Photo: © Wittur News | April 2026 Wittur sells site and relocates Wittur has sold its Wiedenzhausen site to a municipal company owned by the Wiedenzhausen municipality. This information was published on the website of the Bavarian municipality of Sulzmoos.
Photo: Grafik: © VLR News | April 2026 Getting from top to bottom safely Member companies of the Dutch VLR association can provide their customers with a toolkit that provides information about the correct use of lifts and escalators.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | April 2026 Personnel changes at TKE TK Elevator (TKE) has announced two personnel changes: there is a new COO and a new position of Chief Legal Officer has been created.
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Photo: © Dörthe Sandmann News | July 2020 A young wheelchair user collects elevator photos With this hobby, he'd be met with great enthousiasm in the elevator industry: Hendrik Sandman collects photos of elevators. The interest of the 16-year-old is no coincidence.
Photo: © Thomas/123RF.com News | July 2020 thyssenkrupp Elevator relocates its headquarters to Düsseldorf thyssenkrupp Elevator prepares to move to its new headquarters in Düsseldorf, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia. In the first quarter of 2021, the company will be moving from Essen to its new offices.
Photo: © New Lift News | July 2020 No more voltage confusion! The CBM brake module from New Lift is designed to open up new possibilities. It is a safety component type tested according to EN81-20 that can be used universally.
Photo: © thyssenkrupp Elevator News | June 2020 "Max": a few months free for hospitals As of now, thyssenkrupp Elevator is offering free digital solution packages based on its cloud driven predictive maintenance platform "Max" to hospitals and other medical facilities that are especially impacted by COVID-19.
Photo: © Wittur Group News | June 2020 Wittur Group has a new CEO Tom Stephenson is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Wittur Group. He is the successor to Antoine Doutriaux, who held the position since March 2018.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift e.V. News | June 2020 Already numerous registrations for interlift 2021 Despite the Corona crisis: 112 companies had already registered for interlift 2021 just eight weeks after the invitations were despatched.
Photo: © Lackus Schlosserei & Sonderkonstruktionen News | June 2020 Lackus takes over “Peter Hahn Liftdesign” Lackus in Forst has taken over the specialist company “Peter Hahn Liftdesign” from Kleinostheim/Lower Franconia.
Photo: © Schaefer News | June 2020 Contactless lift operation via smartphone A new product of the lift component and control panel manufacturer Schaefer is unexpectedly topical: the Liftboy.
Photo: © IGV Group News | June 2020 Lifts and Covid-19 IGV Group is introducing a kit for air sanitization and car sterilization, designed for the safety of any installed lift. According to the company it is easy to install and suitable for any systems, reduced maintenance.