Photo: © Otis News | June 2026 Otis takes majority stake in WeMaintain Otis has acquired a majority stake in WeMaintain, a technology-driven service provider for the lift and escalator industry.
Photo: © Orona News | June 2026 Orona reaches a turnover of €1.195 billion Orona, Europe’s fifth-largest group in vertical mobility solutions, achieved a turnover of €1.195 billion in 2025, recording growth of over seven per cent compared to the previous year.
Photo: © LIFTjournal-Bernd Lorenz News | June 2026 A new academy for SMEs The new GAT Academy was launched on 1 April. It was established at the request of members.
Photo: © Gartec News | June 2026 LEIA appoints new leadership for Personal Lift Group The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has appointed Andrew Harper, Group CEO of Gartec, as Chair of its Personal Lift Group (PLG).
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Photo: © Andrey Popov/iStock News | April 2020 LIFTjournal relaunches website The German and English homepage of the LIFTjournal appears in new glory since the end of March: the website has been completely redesigned. This relaunch is part of publisher’s digital strategy.
Photo: © Prisma S.p.A. News | April 2020 NBSL acquires majority equity of Prisma S.p.A. NBSL M&E Technology CO., LTD announces the acquisition of majority stakes in Prisma S.p.A., a global manufacturer and supplier of automatic doors for elevators, based in Mezzani (PR), Italy.
News | March 2020 Change in the Kone Executive Board Max Alfthan has decided to step down from his role as Executive Vice President responsible for Marketing and Communications at Kone as of 31 March 2020.
News | March 2020 New high performance door for fast lifts The Munich component manufacturer Meiller Aufzugtüren has developed the new high performance door "Sprint 4.0 I" especially for fast lifts.
News | March 2020 Worldwide first lift with C2C certification The "Move" of Mitsubishi Elevator Europe was especially developed for the European market and was completely designed according to the "cradle-to-cradle" (C2C) principle.
News | March 2020 This is how to make a lift an energy-intelligent lift Lifts consume energy, lifts supply energy. Intelligent ultracapacitor technology makes notable lift operation energy savings possible.
News | March 2020 How unsuitable screw locking devices influences structure-borne emissions The decisive factor for lifts without machine rooms and synchronous drives is the transmission of structure-borne sound to rooms requiring protection.
News | March 2020 Lift UPS technology for a prime Stuttgart property Equipping the ten lifts in Stuttgart’s Kronprinzbau with UPS technology was a team effort of Effekta Regeltechnik GmbH together with partners.
News | March 2020 The Spread of Coronavirus and the lift industry Coronavirus and all viruses are on the minds of many. Lift-cars and lobbies are a very likely place where contamination could happen. How could and should the lift industry react to this challenge? Thoughts by John Gale.
