Photo: © privat News | May 2025 New convenor of Working Group 1 Daniel Bisang (52) has been elected unanimously as the new convenor of the working group 1 “Lifts and service lifts” of CEN TC 10.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik GmbH News | May 2025 Michael Puttrus goes to Telegärtner Michael Puttrus has assumed a new position: the mechanical engineer is now Business Development Manager at the German lift emergency call specialist Telegärtner Elektronik.
Photo: © VDMA News | May 2025 Image campaign: ‘We can only become more visible together’ The Trade Association Lifts and Escalators in the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) has launched the second round of the image campaign “Beweger gesucht” (starring movers). Jan Steeger, project manager of the campaign, has compiled the most important questions and answers for LIFTjournal.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | May 2025 TKE: New investor and a joint venture TK Elevator and Alat announce strategic joint venture to manufacture end-to-end elevator and escalator solutions in Saudi Arabia, with Alat also becoming a shareholder in TK Elevator.
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News | December 2018 Affordable lightweight construction in lift building Lightweight construction is an important trend in lift building and in many other industrial sectors. The Plastic Centre Leipzig in Leipzig (KUZ) supports lift builders as development partners.
News | December 2018 Digital platform for the German market The keywords digitalisation, predictive maintenance and proactive service – Otis will implementing this trend now. Otis Germany boss answered LIFTjournal’s questions in an exclusive interview.
News | December 2018 Recruiting fresh blood with a mouse There are constant complaints about the lack of new recruits in the lift sector. Ziehl-Abegg adopted an unusual course a while ago.
News | December 2018 Gateway, the magic mirror: IoT application for lift cars Gateway, an Internet of Things-technology (IoT) applied to glass mirrors in lift cars (patented in Italy – European patent pending), transforms common lift car mirrors into interactive touch-screen displays.
News | December 2018 Wittur and LM Liftmaterial celebrate 50th anniversary Together over 100 years of experience, technical knowledge and high quality standards: Wittur GmbH and LM Liftmaterial GmbH celebrated the 50th anniversary of Wittur in Germany together.
News | December 2018 You can work better in a network… Lift Technology GmbH, a subsidiary of Hundt Consult GmbH, has joined the PropTech Initiative (GPTI), because according to the company, "You can work better in a network."
News | December 2018 Disinfected handrails for customer satisfaction The start-up Uvis has now realised the first germ-free escalator in a shopping centre. The modern UV technology is intended to ensure care-free Christmas shopping in the Hamburg Phoenix Centre.
News | November 2018 Lift 4.0: top-quality technology in the cloud Everyone is talking about the smart new lifts of the future - Schmersal-Böhnke+Partner wants to present a dynamic online solution for its customers with its first cloud product: Lift2CLOUD®.
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