Photo: © Dirk Müller/LIFTjournal/KI-assistiert News | August 2026 Kone shareholders agree At the beginning of June, Kone shareholders approved the planned takeover of TK Elevator (TKE) at an Extraordinary General Meeting.
Photo: © Simon Moebs/interlift.de News | August 2026 interlift: “There is a strong deal of interest“ The preparations of interlift 2027 have begun. According to the organisers, strong interest is already evident on the part of exhibitors in the international sector meeting from 12 to 15 October in Nuremberg.
Photo: © TK Elevator News | August 2026 New Machinery Regulation will also affect lifts under the Lifts Directive The last issue of the LIFTjournal reported extensively on the new contents of the Machinery Regulation, which replaces the Machinery Directive. In the meantime, an official letter of the European Commission and an Information Note of the ELA regarding this matter have become available.
Photo: © VDMA / KI-assistiert mit Windows Fotoanzeige News | August 2026 Mourning the loss of Günter Horny Günter Horny passed away on 29 July 2026 at the age of 76, reported the VDMA Lifts and Escalators Association in an obituary:
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News | December 2019 New Silent Move Compact digital shaft copying system In addition to incremental and absolute encoders, Wachendorff also supplies specially developed digital shaft positioning systems for the elevator / lift industry.
News | December 2019 New noise insulating element for lifts At the interlift 2019, PohlCon Vertriebs GmbH demonstrated its new Jordahl brand structure-borne noise insulating element for acoustic decoupling of lifts.
News | December 2019 iDiscover: pre-launch before interlift Cedes has launched a product intended to revolutionise lift safety. Cedes recently presented this innovation to guests from all over Europe, to enable them to discover the product prior to interlift 2019.
News | December 2019 100 years Osma – a lift family It is the sixth biggest lift company in Germany. The fourth generation is now at the helm and in 2019 it will be precisely 100 years old: we are of course speaking of Osma-Aufzüge Albert Schenk GmbH & Co. KG.
News | December 2019 Exclusive interview: The plans of the new Wittur CEO Why did Wittur shut down LM Liftmaterial a short time before the interlift? This is one of the questions Antoine Doutriaux, new CEO of Wittur Group, comments on in an exclusive interview with the LIFTjournal.
News | December 2019 omnicon engineering taken over At the end of October, Schmersal Holding GmbH & Co. KG took over omnicon engineering GmbH, based in Kirkel-Limbach (Saarland, Germany).
News | December 2019 Cibes appoints managing director Germany Cibes Lift Group established Cibes Lift Deutschland GmbH in autumn 2018. The group has now appointed Jaschar Mahmoudian as managing director.
News | November 2019 Digital transformation: now it’s up to the SMEs! Company groups and larger enterprises have taken note of this development and are working on solutions. But the small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) in the lift industry currently lack the resources for this.
News | November 2019 Emergency call systems: present and future From the provider point of view, lifts and emergency call systems are just a "niche". VoLTE is only now gradually becoming standard. The Swiss company Leitronic is already providing easy ways to retrofit.