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News | April 2020

Lift operators throwing money out the window

Every year in Germany alone, lifts are responsible for up to 500 million euros in avoidable energy costs. Lift operators are literally throwing money out the window.

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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.

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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.

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Lift operators throwing money out the window

LIFTjournal relaunches website

NBSL acquires majority equity of Prisma S.p.A.

Change in the Kone Executive Board

New high performance door for fast lifts

Worldwide first lift with C2C certification

This is how to make a lift an energy-intelligent lift

How unsuitable screw locking devices influences structure-borne emissions

Lift UPS technology for a prime Stuttgart property