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: © polack/Adobe Stock News | April 2020 Lift operators throwing money out the window Every year in Germany alone, lifts are responsible for up to 500 million euros in avoidable energy costs. Lift operators are literally throwing money out the window.
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Photo: © Prisma S.p.A. News | April 2020 NBSL acquires majority equity of Prisma S.p.A. NBSL M&E Technology CO., LTD announces the acquisition of majority stakes in Prisma S.p.A., a global manufacturer and supplier of automatic doors for elevators, based in Mezzani (PR), Italy.
News | March 2020 Change in the Kone Executive Board Max Alfthan has decided to step down from his role as Executive Vice President responsible for Marketing and Communications at Kone as of 31 March 2020.
News | March 2020 New high performance door for fast lifts The Munich component manufacturer Meiller Aufzugtüren has developed the new high performance door "Sprint 4.0 I" especially for fast lifts.
News | March 2020 Worldwide first lift with C2C certification The "Move" of Mitsubishi Elevator Europe was especially developed for the European market and was completely designed according to the "cradle-to-cradle" (C2C) principle.
News | March 2020 This is how to make a lift an energy-intelligent lift Lifts consume energy, lifts supply energy. Intelligent ultracapacitor technology makes notable lift operation energy savings possible.
News | March 2020 How unsuitable screw locking devices influences structure-borne emissions The decisive factor for lifts without machine rooms and synchronous drives is the transmission of structure-borne sound to rooms requiring protection.
News | March 2020 Lift UPS technology for a prime Stuttgart property Equipping the ten lifts in Stuttgart’s Kronprinzbau with UPS technology was a team effort of Effekta Regeltechnik GmbH together with partners.
