Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | July 2026 New CEO at the Langer + Laumann Group The Langer + Laumann Group has a new CEO. The former managing director, Martin Platt, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 1 December 2025 at the age of 58.
Photo: © Bunse-Aufzüge News | July 2026 The Machinery Regulation: Call for Action! As the date of application for the regulation as of 20 January 2027 is approaching, manufacturers and all other stakeholders need to be prepared urgently to comply with the new and revised requirements in a timely fashion.
Photo: © KLST News | July 2026 Three questions to ... Markus Labruier Markus Labruier (54) has been the managing director of Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponente für Aufzüge (KLST) since 1 October 2025. Mition GmbH Mittelstandsbeteiligungen took over the company at the beginning of 2025.
Photo: © LIFTjournal/Dirk Müller/KI-assistiert mit Firefly und ChatGPT News | July 2026 A wedding with strings attached The announcement of Kone’s takeover of TK Elevator has sent shockwaves through the industry. Suddenly, there is talk of a new mega-conglomerate, a potential shift in power within the service sector, and the fact that the wave of consolidation has now reached the Big Four themselves.
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News | February 2020 thyssenkrupp: "Intelligent" spare parts warehouse thyssenkrupp Elevator inaugurate its first smart spare parts warehouse for elevator maintenance and repair in Madrid. With this the company intends to improve service for customers in Spain, Portugal and Italy.
News | February 2020 Moving out + moving in = moving More customers, more challenges, more colleagues - for Langer & Laumann the time had come for more space: since the beginning of 2020, the company has been based in new premises in Steinfurt.
News | February 2020 Albert Schenk – an interview with LIFTjournal 2019 has been a special year for him: Osma celebrated its 100th anniversary and he himself his 70th. Albert Schenk talked about private and personal milestones and challenges in an interview with LIFTjournal.
News | January 2020 LIFTlex advertising in India LIFTlex’s success story has a new chapter: after representatives of the Indian lift trade fair IEE Expo discovered the trade dictionary for the lift sector while attending interlift 2019, they were so enthusiastic they placed a direct order.
News | January 2020 Energy-saving system for smoke extraction The smoke and heat extraction and ventilation specialist Aumüller Aumatic presented the BTR Lift-Smoke-Free (LSF), an energy-saving system for smoke extraction and ventilation of lift shafts, at the interlift.
News | January 2020 Robots communicate with lifts thyssenkrupp Elevator has unveiled a new robot interface platform in the USA that permits delivery service within buildings.
News | January 2020 New door controller for maintenance and monitoring Siemens presented Sirius and Sidoor product family applications for lifts and escalators at the interlift. Special emphasis was placed here on the new Sidoor AT40 CAN ADV door controller.
News | January 2020 Cable trends for lift building: everything in place! Whereas in the past switches in the car had to be laboriously wired individually with relays in the control cabinet, modern time-saving bus systems have long since ruled the roost.
News | January 2020 Measurement equipment for the lift of the future The rope-operated lift technology of the near future will no longer require any micro switches for brake release monitoring.
