Photo: © LEIA News | February 2026 LEIA appoints Laura Webb as new Managing Director The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has appointed Laura Webb as its new Managing Director.
Photo: © Elevator Forum News | February 2026 Elevator Forum 2026: Sustainable modernisation The Elevator Forum series of events will continue this year. The meetings take place every two years and, according to the participating companies, aim to position themselves as a ‘centre of excellence for the lift industry’.
Photo: © privat News | February 2026 New managing director at KLST Markus Labruier has been managing director of Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponenten für Aufzüge GmbH, based in Zülpich, North Rhine-Westphalia, since 1 October 2025.
Photo: © Setek News | February 2026 Host Monitor Mini connects the entire building Every year lifts worldwide are out of service for almost 272 million hours. Setek AB has now launched the Host Monitor Mini (HMM), a compact, robust and open platform that integrates lifts into the building's digital infrastructure.
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News | December 2019 Otis: New Members of the Board of Directors United Technologies Corp. ("UTC") has announced the appointments of an executive chairman and members of the board of directors for Otis.
News | December 2019 The Formula 1 of smoke detection At the interlift, BlueKit has presented the next generation of linear smoke detectors. The new LiftBeam.F1 is to convince by an even faster mounting and commissioning as well as lower initial and recurrent costs.
News | December 2019 "Zauberwatte" against oil contamination It was an accident, which may have given the world a new weapon in the fight against oil and chemical contamination. Martin Reichl presented this "Zauberwatte" ("wonder wool") at his own stand at the interlift.
News | December 2019 New Silent Move Compact digital shaft copying system In addition to incremental and absolute encoders, Wachendorff also supplies specially developed digital shaft positioning systems for the elevator / lift industry.
News | December 2019 New noise insulating element for lifts At the interlift 2019, PohlCon Vertriebs GmbH demonstrated its new Jordahl brand structure-borne noise insulating element for acoustic decoupling of lifts.
News | December 2019 iDiscover: pre-launch before interlift Cedes has launched a product intended to revolutionise lift safety. Cedes recently presented this innovation to guests from all over Europe, to enable them to discover the product prior to interlift 2019.
News | December 2019 100 years Osma – a lift family It is the sixth biggest lift company in Germany. The fourth generation is now at the helm and in 2019 it will be precisely 100 years old: we are of course speaking of Osma-Aufzüge Albert Schenk GmbH & Co. KG.
News | December 2019 Exclusive interview: The plans of the new Wittur CEO Why did Wittur shut down LM Liftmaterial a short time before the interlift? This is one of the questions Antoine Doutriaux, new CEO of Wittur Group, comments on in an exclusive interview with the LIFTjournal.
News | December 2019 omnicon engineering taken over At the end of October, Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. KG took over omnicon engineering GmbH, based in Kirkel-Limbach (Saarland, Germany).
