Photo: © Kone News | September 2026 Kone: two new members in the Board of Directors At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Kone on 3 June, Ranjan Sen and Bruno Schick were elected as new members of the Board of Directors.
Photo: © Dirk Müller, KI-assistiert / LIFTjournal News | September 2026 The concentration process in the European lift industry continues The consolidation process in the European lift industry is continuing: Alongside the Finnish-German mega-deal of Kone and TK Elevator, other cross-border takeovers and mergers have taken place in Europe. Here a selection of these.
Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | September 2026 Conversion package for Varidor 15 Mechanically fully compatible and completely without drilling: Langer + Laumann have added a new conversion package for the door drive system Varidor 15 from Schindler to their product range.
Photo: © Dirk Müller/KI-unterstützt/LIFTjournal News | September 2026 CANopen Lift specification updated The four-part CiA 417 application profile specification for lift control systems has been revised.
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News | December 2019 ANIE AssoAscensori has a new President ANIE AssoAscensori, the Italian Association of Lifts and Escalators has elected a new President.
News | December 2019 Digital enthusiasm: finding trainees in social networks At a time when there is a shortage of skilled workers, companies in the lift industry have to adopt new ways of finding trainees.
News | December 2019 Reducing vibrations and structure-borne noise Lifts and air conditioning systems produce noise and vibrations during operation. What counts is good insulation, especially when such systems are set up next to offices, bedrooms or living quarters.
News | December 2019 EU type approval test for the Mars product line The company Johann Schum Aufzugtechnik publicly celebrated a milestone at the interlift 2019: TÜV Süd Industrie Service GmbH awarded the Mars lift system without machine room EU type approval.
News | December 2019 Liftequip: New head of product services Markus Heilemann has been the new head of product service at Liftequip since 1 September 2019. He succeeded Volker Lenzner, who left the company after working for ThyssenKrupp and Liftequip for 35 years.
News | December 2019 Otis: New Members of the Board of Directors United Technologies Corp. ("UTC") has announced the appointments of an executive chairman and members of the board of directors for Otis.
News | December 2019 The Formula 1 of smoke detection At the interlift, BlueKit has presented the next generation of linear smoke detectors. The new LiftBeam.F1 is to convince by an even faster mounting and commissioning as well as lower initial and recurrent costs.
News | December 2019 "Zauberwatte" against oil contamination It was an accident, which may have given the world a new weapon in the fight against oil and chemical contamination. Martin Reichl presented this "Zauberwatte" ("wonder wool") at his own stand at the interlift.
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.
