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News | August 2019 Creating a secure future together Mayr Antriebstechnik from Mauerstetten (Germany) is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its site in Poland.
News | August 2019 Set a car controller easily and precisely With VisualDoors, Riedl Quantum's aim is to make calibrating the travel behaviour of its sliding doors child’s play and save the technician time and labour.
News | August 2019 Weber Tec: Ready for the future The Hamburg family-run company Weber Tec, specialist for the repair of escalator segments, has now expanded its business with additional staff and new machinery.
News | July 2019 New managing director at BlueKit Patrick Schweibl (40) was appointed managing director at BlueKit Factory GmbH on 1 July 2019. He has replaced Guy Stamet in his previous role at the head of the company.
News | July 2019 EFESME has a new board of directors The European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) has appointed a new board of directors. The EFESME members unanimously appointed Massimo Bezzi as EFESME President.
News | July 2019 New Chief Technology Officer at Kone Maciej Kranz has been appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Kone Corporation in Finland and thus also a member of the Executive Board.
News | July 2019 Lenzner leaving LiftEquip After working for ThyssenKrupp and LiftEquip for 35 years, Volker Lenzner will leave the company at the end of August 2019.
News | July 2019 New Chairman MG Lift On 6 February 2019 Dr. Stephan Rohr – Chief Sales Officer at ELGO Batscale AG – was elected as the new chairman at the meeting of the Marketing Group Lift (MG Lift).
News | July 2019 mayr Antriebstechnik expands management The family company mayr Antriebstechnik is expanding its management team: Ferdinand Mayr has been appointed managing director.
