Photo: © CIBSE News | December 2025 CIBSE launches Society of Vertical Transportation The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has announced the official launch of the Society of Vertical Transportation (SoVT).
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Photo: © Telegärtner/Odo Hake News | December 2025 Lift-Link opening at the interlift 2025 Sector representatives celebrated the official launch of Lift-Link on 14 October at the interlift in Nuremberg – a joint initiative for a cross-manufacturer platform for lift data.
Photo: © Kuebler Group News | December 2025 Farewell to Erika Kübler Erika Kübler, the wife of the company founder Fritz Kübler, passed away on 4 September 2025 at the age 94, according to the Kübler Group.
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News | November 2019 Digital transformation: now it’s up to the SMEs! Company groups and larger enterprises have taken note of this development and are working on solutions. But the small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the lift industry currently lack the resources for this.
News | November 2019 Emergency call systems: present and future From the provider point of view, lifts and emergency call systems are just a "niche". VoLTE is only now gradually becoming standard. The Swiss company Leitronic is already providing easy ways to retrofit.
News | November 2019 Inovance takes over BST BST has merged with Monarch, the lift division of Inovance, in order to form a business platform for lifts for worldwide production and R&D. The aim is to create a world leader in lift controller solutions.
News | November 2019 So that the controller can continue to do its work... Classic remote data transmission from serial interfaces is on the way out due to the conversion of telephony (land lines and mobile communications) to package-oriented technology.
News | November 2019 New: frequency inverters especially for lifts Gefran presented its new series of ADL500 inverters for elevator technology for the first time at this year's Interlift.
News | November 2019 E2 Forum Mumbai premiere Representatives of the lift and escalator industry and players from the real estate sector in India got together for the debut event of the E2 Forum in Mumbai.
News | November 2019 "We Elevate with Style" Nova Elevators dedicated the last edition of interlift to all its customers who "placed their trust in the Brand and endorsed the Company’s experience" in the lift and homelift industry.
News | November 2019 The car of the future can be powered contactless Among other things, at the interlift 2019 Weidmüller presented the smart shaft wiring system FieldPower Elevator and FreeCon Contactless.
News | November 2019 Emergency call system makes lifts smart The Austrian company View Promotion presented the first multi-functional lift communication platform at the interlift 2019.
