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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.

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Volker Trein strengthens sales team of Bernstein AG

Roller guides were and are important!

Updated standard enhances barrier-freedom in lifts

Europe’s smallest passenger lift

New lifts for special lifting heights

Langer & Laumann team reinforced

Slender sliding door LIZ 3.0 available as eco version

Ropes as lifting gear in lifts

Safe and sturdy sensors for lifts