Photo: © privat News | September 2025 Jason Southgate moving to UK Service Lifts Jason Southgate has been the Project Delivery Manager at UK Service Lifts, a manufacturer of cargo and service lifts from Peterborough, since mid-May 2025.
Photo: © Henning GmbH & Co. KG / ChatGPT News | September 2025 Intelligent load measurement for lifts Thanks to intelligent sensors and high capacity integrated computing units, overload measurement has become an important instrument for efficiency valuation and condition-based maintenance.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik News | September 2025 Telegärtner celebrating its 35th anniversary Telegärtner Elektronik got its start 35 years ago as a subcontractor of Deutsche Telekom. Thanks to this know-how, the company was able to build up the TGE Group. It serves a wide spectrum with its solutions and services.
Photo: © Dall.e News | September 2025 New standard for evacuation of persons with disabilities The new standard EN 81-76:2025 is available at CEN. Publications by the national standards organisations have already been issued or will be issued shortly. Citation in the Official Journal of the EU is expected in the first quarter 2026.
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Photo: © okapidesign / Frei nutzbar gemäß Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | April 2025 Practical implementation of the testing of firefighting lifts When a fire breaks out, the emergency services must be able to rely on the firefighting lifts working without any flaws. But in practice, there are considerable safety deficits in the operation of these lifts. The following points must be considered in practice when testing.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | April 2025 Cobianchi: change in the top management Stephan Rohr (48), up to December 2024 CTO at Elgo Batscale AG, assumed the management of Cobianchi Liftteile AG in January 2025. Rudolf Ramseier (59) will remain Chairman of the Management Board.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | April 2025 New Vice President Operations Central Europe In addition to his previous tasks, Sebastian Wohlleben has assumed the position of Vice President Operations Central Europe.
Photo: © Henning Scheffen / TÜV Nord AG News | April 2025 When lift inspectors talk to themselves The first lift inspectors at TÜV Nord now have the support of AI (artificial intelligence) during their work. From now on, the specialists will document defects during inspections by voice entry and no longer as before on the computer.
Photo: © generiert mit Dall.e News | April 2025 Cyber security in practice: Don’t crack a nut with a sledgehammer! The subject of cyber security did not just suddenly become a topic of conversation in the lift sector upon the entry into force of ISO 8102-20:2022, published in August 2022. The problems and tasks associated with the subject are indeed not new.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | March 2025 Retirement of Volker Lenzner The VFA-Interlift is saying goodbye to a longstanding companion. Volker Lenzner, who worked as the overall coordinator of the VFA-Akademie for many years, has retired.
Photo: © Liftex News | March 2025 Registration opens for Liftex 2025 The British lift trade fair Liftex will be opening its doors from June 11 to 12, 2025. It only takes place every three years and will be held for the 37th time this year. The seminar programme is now also finalised.
Photo: © osma GmbH & Co. KG News | March 2025 osma specialises in residential construction osma has now presented the residential lift “osma 1”. It was developed especially for the requirements of residential construction and forms part of the new strategic alignment of the Osnabrück company.
Photo: © LIFTJournal_Bernd Lorenz News | March 2025 Asansör 2025: Get together in İstanbul The first highlight in the 2025 trade fair year will probably be the Asansör. The event in İstanbul will be open from 15 to 18 May. About 300 exhibitors had already registered in January.
