Photo: © Motum News | January 2026 New move by Motum Motum acquired the Swedish lift company Hisscompaniet from Kristianstad on 1 November, thus widening its service network in southern Sweden.
Photo: © privat News | January 2026 Philip Molineus celebrates anniversary At the beginning of November 2025, Philip Molineus celebrated a company anniversary: the business graduate has been managing partner of the Henning Group in Schwelm for 25 years.
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.
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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.
News | April 2019 Light for lifts and escalators Above all, hansen light panels are installed for the backlighting of ceilings and walls in lift cars.
News | April 2019 Lift fitters help one another Initially, there was an idea and a smartphone – that was all that was needed: the Facebook group "Lift fitters help one another" was born. The idea is a success – the number of members is growing constantly.
News | April 2019 Serapid: new branch in Singapore The Serapid Group has opened a new branch in Singapore. Robert Degenkolb, previously employed in a senior position at JR Clancy, will assume management of the office.
News | April 2019 A new era – even more BLACK & Yellow "A new era – even more BLACK & Yellow" is Giovenzana International B.V.’s motto for ringing in the future. The company has invested heavily in Italy and Hungary to achieve this.
News | April 2019 Schiffner: 25 years in the service of standardisation It is a very special anniversary: the career of Dr Gerhard Schiffner as international standardisation expert began 25 years ago.
News | March 2019 Schmersal: new head of the technology division Schmersal has named Axel Schneider as the new head of its technology division.
News | March 2019 EN 81-28: Free pocket guide The lift safety company SafeLine has released a free pocket guide to the new version of the EN 81-28.
