Photo: © Hauer GmbH/Matthias Breunig News | January 2026 Hauer expanding its technical support Maria Bosnaki joined the technical customer service of Hauer GmbH in September 2025.
Photo: © Gottschalk & Michaelis News | January 2026 Medium-sized company takes over lift company There is another way: Berlin-based medium-sized company Gottschalk und Michaelis has now taken over a small Berlin-based lift company.
Photo: © Daniel Nyman/Ascenco Group News | January 2026 Ascenco Group expands to Norway Ascenco Group AB (“Ascenco”) expanded its presence to Oslo, Norway by taking over Heiskompaniet AS (“Heiskompaniet”).
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News | May 2019 Volker Trein strengthens sales team of Bernstein AG Since October 2018, Volker Trein (47) has strengthened the sales team of Bernstein AG as industry manager for elevators and escalators.
News | May 2019 Roller guides were and are important! "Sliding guides and roller guides continue to be extremely important for lifts and this will remain the case in the future too, despite all advances in development," emphasised ETN managing director Horst Eichler.
News | May 2019 Updated standard enhances barrier-freedom in lifts DIN EN 81-70 includes minimum requirements for accessibility and the use of lifts – a basic precondition for barrier-freedom in multi-floor buildings.
News | April 2019 Europe’s smallest passenger lift According to Wikipedia, it has held the record for about 18 years: the smallest passenger lift in Europe was built by a German company.
News | April 2019 New lifts for special lifting heights Just added to the growing repertoire of the German wheelchair lift specialist Herkules Liftwerk GmbH are the lifts MB1400 and MB1700.
News | April 2019 Langer & Laumann team reinforced Langer & Laumann has welcomed Philip Kuhlmann as a new member in its team. Together with Elke Voskuhl, he is responsible for internal sales operations.
News | April 2019 Slender sliding door LIZ 3.0 available as eco version Riedl Quantum has now expanded its product range with a cost-friendly version of its well-known sliding doors in the form of LIZ 3.0 eco.
News | April 2019 Ropes as lifting gear in lifts To design rope drives in lifts, it is in many cases still indispensable to this day to conduct experimental investigations into sample ropes, for example to determine elongation behaviour in the longitudinal rope direction.
News | April 2019 Safe and sturdy sensors for lifts The ELGO Group has been involved with solutions for measurements and positioning for over 40 years. ELGO offers a wide range of sensors for lifts.
