Photo: © Orona Niederlande News | November 2026 Orona buys two Dutch lift builders The Dutch subsidiary of the Spanish lift group Orona has taken over the UP company group. It was part of the portfolio of the investment company Karmijn Kapitaal.
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Photo: © Iconic Skin News | July 2020 Glass lift cladding For the first time, the glass cladding of a lift tower was fitted with a GSP outer hull. This construction element was developed by iconic skin several years ago.
Photo: © Invertek Drives News | July 2020 New Regional Manager for Invertek Drives USA David Dillon has joined Invertek Drives USA as Regional Sales Manager covering Eastern USA.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | July 2020 Supra: a new high-performance door Meiller has developed a new door series: the high performance Supra door. Among other things, it should be characterised by extremely quiet running.
Photo: © Klinikum Nordfriesland News | July 2020 Facial visors developed and donated Hansen from Haselund has donated the Klinikum Nordfriesland hospital 100 facial visors.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | July 2020 Modernisation made easy The development department of Langer & Laumann (L&L) has now designed a tailor-made solution for a rare door.
Photo: © B&M Noskowski, Aleksei_Derin / Getty Images / Montage/iStock.com News | July 2020 Who owns the data? The question comes up repeatedly: who owns the data produced by a lift? The lawyer Hartmut Hardt explains the legal position on the basis of the European General Data Protection Regulation and describes what a solution could look like.
Photo: © Cedes News | July 2020 iDiscovery with enhanced inspection functions The Cedes iDiscovery adopts safety-relevant functions of a lift according EN 81-20 up to SIL3. The system is EU type examined by TÜV Rheinland. Later this year Cedes will launch an iDiscovery with enhanced inspection functionality.
Photo: © Stingl News | July 2020 Assembly-friendly shaft wall cladding Stingl has developed a product to meet the requirements of EN81-20 5.2.5.3.1: an assembly-friendly shaft wall cladding made of flame-resistant rigid foam panels.
Photo: © Herkules Liftwerk News | July 2020 New platform lift with 3 m conveyance height With immediate effect, Herkules Liftwerk from Kaufungen (Germany) wants to rise even higher. With up to 3 m conveyance height, the new open platform vertical lift Atlas 3000 can manage an entire storey.
