Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 Orona acquires German SME A German lift company has once again been taken over – this time by the Spanish group Orona.
Photo: © Liwetec News | November 2025 Liwetec presents new user interface Liwetec has completely revamped the Elevator Portal and presented it with a new user interface that supports the planning, technical calculation, and configuration of elevators.
Photo: © Stefano Uslenghi Rocom Energie- und Kommunikationssysteme News | November 2025 Rocom’s smallest lift emergency call system Rocom unveiled a new lift emergency call system according to EN 81-28:2022 at the interlift. The “Helpy Supercompact” is the manufacturer’s smallest emergency call system and according to Rocom provides “a lot of performance in mini format.”
Photo: © Leitronic News | November 2025 5G meets sustainability The mobile communications technology 5G promises completely new vistas for the Internet of Things (IoT). Higher data rates, lower latencies and boosted capacity are expected to change entire sectors.
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Photo: © akkamulator/123RF.com News | June 2025 Ascenco Group acquires “Hiss-Craft i Norrland” The Ascenco Group (“Ascenco”) took over the after-market company “Hiss-Craft i Norrland” (Hiss-Craft) in Northern Sweden at the beginning of February.
Photo: © privat News | June 2025 David Wallen moves to Hydroware GmbH David Wallen has been director of Hydroware GmbHsince March 2025. The 41-year old previously worked for Cedes for nine months as key account manager.
Photo: © vectorfusionart / okapidesign/123RF.com News | June 2025 Cyber security standard: application an explosive issue A standard devoted to cyber security entered into force a while ago in the form of ISO 8102-20:2022. Even though it has not yet been harmonised, technical inspection organisations have been demanding manufacturer declarations since the summer of 2024.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg / Rainer Grill News | June 2025 New financial director at Ziehl-Abegg The Supervisory Board of Ziehl-Abegg has appointed Marco Altherr as the new financial director (CFO) of the company. Altherr has taken up his office at the manufacturer of electric motors and ventilators in May 2025.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | June 2025 New conversion package for Ceita folding door Retrofitting of the Ceita folding door with a conversion package especially developed by Langer & Laumann is now available.
Photo: © privat News | June 2025 New sales employee at Kuhse David Barge joined the team of Kuhse Industrial Components, a manufacturer of industrial electric magnets, on 1 March.
Photo: © Hansen News | June 2025 New CL40 ceiling light frame for lift ceilings The CL40 ceiling light frame was especially developed by Hansen for the lift sector. The company is specialised in the development and production of lighting and the associated electronics.
Photo: © Kübler News | June 2025 Kübler: New global industry manager for elevator technology Felix Baier has been the new global Industry Manager for Elevator Technology at Kübler since 1 September 2024.
Photo: © Meiller News | June 2025 The hinged door in lift building: an underestimated classic Manual hinged doors in lift building – a relic of days gone by? Quite the contrary. This solution is more than just a niche product.
