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News | September 2020

Prysmian Group acquired EHC Global

The Prysmian Group have acquired EHC Global. The transaction has valued at 130 million CAD.

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News | September 2020

PESSRAL: new era for operators and manufacturers

Programmable electronic systems are replacing safety-relevant mechanical components to an increasing extent. This considerably simplifies and accelerates both inspection as well as maintenance.

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News | September 2020

Inclined lift doors: new solution

Meiller has developed a new solution for the landing doors of inclined lifts: the so-called “active” landing door.

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News | September 2020

Wüllner moving to Hundt Consult

The qualified industrial engineer Alexander Wüllner has been a member of the management board at Hundt Consult for some time.

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News | September 2020

When is fail-safe really fail-safe?

Fail-safe systems exist in many industrial sectors. However, there are no suitable standards in shaft smoke extraction. If there is a power failure, the ventilation flap has to open. But there are also other error sources…

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Prysmian Group acquired EHC Global

PESSRAL: new era for operators and manufacturers

Inclined lift doors: new solution

Wüllner moving to Hundt Consult

When is fail-safe really fail-safe?

CANopen Lift car drive units

Euro-Lift postponed

“Enhance safety with innovations”

Arnolds to retire