Photo: © Nina Skripietz/Braun Aufzüge News | October 2026 From a garage in Hesse to the world market “Forty years are half a lifetime,” noted the managing directors of Braun Aufzüge, Tobias Braun and Pamela Schmidt on this occasion.
Photo: © elevisionXperts News | October 2026 More precise data from the lift shaft If Sebastian Heduschka gets his way, measuring with yardsticks and plumb lines should become a thing of the past. He deploys a 3D laser scanner to obtain more precise data and transfer the digital model to BIM.
Photo: © Skanio News | October 2026 Innovative measurement of vertical space The start-up “Skanio” uses LiDAR scans to provide precise data for the modernisation of lifts and escalators. The systems do not need to be taken out of service during the process more than a few minutes at a time.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift News | October 2026 VFA Forum interlift ’27: Call for Papers The VFA-Interlift is calling on potential speakers to apply now to give a presentation at the VFA Forum interlift ’27: “Contribute your expertise and help shape the presentation programme of interlift 2027!”
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Photo: © Cedes/Riccardo Götz News | May 2020 TOF/Start – a solution that really works Escalators are an integral part of our everyday lives. But it is not only increasing pedestrian traffic that is raising the demands on the safety and efficiency of escalators; climate change also calls for solutions to save more energy.
Photo: © GRW News | May 2020 RAL quality association: New member of the Board of Directors Jens Westphal from B.A.S.E. Gebäudetechnik GmbH in Ahrensburg (Germany) has been elected unanimously as the new deputy chairman of the RAL quality association “Montage und Wartung von RWA-Anlagen e.V.".
Photo: © Dmitry Kalinovsky/123rf.com News | May 2020 Modernisation from the point of view of an assembly company Modernising lifts has developed into an important challenge for lift companies in recent years in Europe – as a result of demographic change and the regular revision of the legal foundations.
Photo: © Meiller Aufzugtüren News | May 2020 Lift Forum 2020: New trends and developments Interesting news from the areas of door modernisation, CANopen, BIM and condition monitoring – this is promised by the now established Lift Forum, which will take place again this year.
Photo: © Hansen News | May 2020 New hygiene protection products protect the company Hansen is currently mastering the corona crisis with a new business idea: In addition to its day-to-day business, the company produces hygienic protective walls made of acrylic glass and face visors made of PET-G as drip protection.
Photo: © Felix Sango/Schaefer News | May 2020 First Lift Symposium in Johannesburg At the beginning of March, Schaefer staged the first Lift Symposium in Johannesburg. Its partner and co-organiser was Algi.
Photo: © Andrei Fedco/123RF.com News | May 2020 Corona in practice: chronology of a crisis In 2020, an estimated 40 percent of all lifts will need to have a lift emergency call system retrofitted. The GS electronic/GS Group had prepared for this rush. But then came the Corona crisis…
Photo: © Scandinavian Stock/123rf.com News | April 2020 Free webinars on Functional Safety The Liftinstituut now offers free webinars on Functional Safety – an introduction to PESS. The first webinar will take place on April 28.
Photo: © Kollmorgen News | April 2020 Cyber-attack on a lift? In recent years, the sensitivity regarding IT security has grown – also in the lift industry. It’s not difficult to understand why. But how can companies protect themselves against cyber-attacks?
