Photo: © Kuebler Group News | December 2025 Farewell to Erika Kübler Erika Kübler, the wife of the company founder Fritz Kübler, passed away on 4 September 2025 at the age 94, according to the Kübler Group.
Photo: © Funtap/shutterstock/okapidesign News | December 2025 The latest news from the world of standards DIN EN 81-41 is now available and the Technical Committee CEN/TC10 “Lifts, escalators and moving walks” has published the draft of EN 81-28:2024. The most important changes.
Photo: © TK Elevator / Philip Schwarz News | December 2025 TKE inaugurates its “Product Competence Center” TK Elevator (TKE) held a big ceremony in Esslingen to open its new centre for lift technology. Research and development are to be bundled with the production of the latest lift technology on a site of 33,000 m2. This also accommodates a completely digitalised logistics centre.
Photo: © Clemenspool–eigenes Werk News | December 2025 EN 81-76: The practical application of the new standard In part 1 of this article series described the functionality of a lift according to EN 81-76:2025. The second part deals with its practical application and the prerequisites for a suitable lift configuration.
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News | March 2019 Kone awarded for environmental commitment Kone Corporation has been ranked as the 43rd most sustainable company in the world by Corporate Knights Inc., a business magazine and ranking organization.
News | March 2019 The right lift for private buildings According to the Austrian lift manufacturer Ascendor, the QuattroPorte is chock-full of advantages for private users.
News | February 2019 TSG 400 Ex ATEX: Protection for people & lifts When working with high explosive materials, such as natural gas, special precautions are needed. Langer & Laumann developed the ATEX explosion-protected housing for use in areas at risk of explosions.
News | February 2019 Italian excellence lifts the world Eight Italian companies took part in the event "Dubai Connecting People – Italian Excellence Lift the World". It offered the opportunity to build a bridge that connects business to opportunities for success.
News | February 2019 Wittur-Sematic reinforces its field service Sabine Kemnitzer is taking over customer care in Bavaria as sales director, Uwe Meier as sales director in Central Germany including Greater Frankfurt.
News | February 2019 MiDrive – digitalisation is making progress At interlift 2017, Meiller Aufzugtüren GmbH unveiled its new MiDrive door drive to the world public. This is the beginning of a new chapter, according to the Munich company.
News | February 2019 Wittur reinforces service team Dominic Haf is reinforcing the Wittur team "Technical support / after-sales Wittur components", Dieter Pechler the Wittur team "Spare parts Wittur components".
News | February 2019 German premiere for new lift technologies The ONE should alter Frankfurts skyline and expedite the development of construction technology through the use of new lift technologies.
News | February 2019 Customized load pins for cargo lifts WEP-Weisshaupt and Zemic Europe have worked together to develop an overload detection system which can be integrated in their cargo lifts.
