Photo: © Gottschalk & Michaelis News | January 2026 Medium-sized company takes over lift company There is another way: Berlin-based medium-sized company Gottschalk und Michaelis has now taken over a small Berlin-based lift company.
Photo: © Daniel Nyman/Ascenco Group News | January 2026 Ascenco Group expands to Norway Ascenco Group AB (“Ascenco”) expanded its presence to Oslo, Norway by taking over Heiskompaniet AS (“Heiskompaniet”).
Photo: © KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz / okapidesign / LIFTjournal News | January 2026 Kone acquires companies in the Munich area ATH Aufzüge GmbH, a subsidiary of Kone headquartered in Heilbronn with a branch in Munich, acquired the elevator businesses of two medium-sized elevator companies on January 1, 2026.
Photo: © EdmoLift News | January 2026 The EN 1570 series is expanding EN 1570-1, Safety requirements for lifting tables – Part 1: Lifting tables serving up to two fixed landings has already been available since 1998. It has undergone continuous further development over the course of time.
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Photo: © osma GmbH & Co. KG News | August 2025 New transport solution for bicycles in residential buildings Osma has launched the “oBike Riser”. The idea behind the new product is to provide more flexibility and safety when transporting bicycles in residential buildings.
Photo: © privat News | August 2025 Co-CEO at DigiPara since April Andrés G Damjanov has been supporting the management of DigiPara as Co-CEO since 1 April 2025. The company is a software producer specialised in Building Information Modeling (BIM) for lifts and escalators. This was revealed by the investor BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital.
Photo: © Schindler News | August 2025 A new lift that adapts automatically The international lift builder Schindler unveiled a new product at the Milan Design Week. The “X8” can be installed in any part of a building and operated with conventional household electricity, the company reported.
Photo: © esse-ti / okapidesign / frei verfügbar gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | July 2025 Innovalift Group growing esse-ti, an Italian manufacturer of emergency call systems for lifts, has taken over Syntium Lift Parts. The English company provides components for communication in lifts.
Photo: © Mayr Antriebstechnik News | July 2025 Mayr Antriebstechnik with Spanish branch Mayr Antriebstechnik has taken over EME Motor 2008, S.L. completely. As a result, the Bavarian producer of safety brakes, safety couplings and shaft couplings now has Mayr Antriebstechnik has its own subsidiary in Spain.
Photo: © Donati Deutschland GmbH News | July 2025 Change of management at Donati Daniel Lange has been the new registered managing director of Donati Deutschland GmbH since the beginning of March.
Photo: © okapidesign / frei verfügbar gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | July 2025 The reality no one wants to acknowledge How distorted perceptions in management and "managed ignorance" block the potential of SMEs - and how we can expose this.
Photo: © Kübler News | July 2025 65 years Kübler Group: from one-man show to global player This year, the Kübler Group will be celebrating its 65th anniversary – a special anniversary for a company that began as a one-man show in Schwenningen.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | July 2025 New Metron LTx A1-V2 conversion package now available The Metron LTx A1-V2 has now been added to the list of Langer & Laumann conversion packages.
