Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 Orona acquires German SME A German lift company has once again been taken over – this time by the Spanish group Orona.
Photo: © Liwetec News | November 2025 Liwetec presents new user interface Liwetec has completely revamped the Elevator Portal and presented it with a new user interface that supports the planning, technical calculation, and configuration of elevators.
Photo: © Stefano Uslenghi Rocom Energie- und Kommunikationssysteme News | November 2025 Rocom’s smallest lift emergency call system Rocom unveiled a new lift emergency call system according to EN 81-28:2022 at the interlift. The “Helpy Supercompact” is the manufacturer’s smallest emergency call system and according to Rocom provides “a lot of performance in mini format.”
Photo: © Leitronic News | November 2025 5G meets sustainability The mobile communications technology 5G promises completely new vistas for the Internet of Things (IoT). Higher data rates, lower latencies and boosted capacity are expected to change entire sectors.
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News | December 2018 Yaskawa christmas campaign: Help for helpers With its Christmas campaign this year, Yaskawa Europe GmbH is supporting the international medical emergency aid organisation "Doctor without Borders" with a sum of EUR 15,000.
News | December 2018 Peter Walker new CEO at thyssenkrupp Elevator Peter Walker is the new CEO of thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Technology business area. His appointment was resolved by the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Elevator AG.
News | December 2018 Affordable lightweight construction in lift building Lightweight construction is an important trend in lift building and in many other industrial sectors. The Plastic Centre Leipzig in Leipzig (KUZ) supports lift builders as development partners.
News | December 2018 Digital platform for the German market The keywords digitalisation, predictive maintenance and proactive service – Otis will implementing this trend now. Otis Germany boss answered LIFTjournal’s questions in an exclusive interview.
News | December 2018 Recruiting fresh blood with a mouse There are constant complaints about the lack of new recruits in the lift sector. Ziehl-Abegg adopted an unusual course a while ago.
News | December 2018 Gateway, the magic mirror: IoT application for lift cars Gateway, an Internet of Things-technology (IoT) applied to glass mirrors in lift cars (patented in Italy – European patent pending), transforms common lift car mirrors into interactive touch-screen displays.
News | December 2018 Wittur and LM Liftmaterial celebrate 50th anniversary Together over 100 years of experience, technical knowledge and high quality standards: Wittur GmbH and LM Liftmaterial GmbH celebrated the 50th anniversary of Wittur in Germany together.
News | December 2018 You can work better in a network… Lift Technology GmbH, a subsidiary of Hundt Consult GmbH, has joined the PropTech Initiative (GPTI), because according to the company, "You can work better in a network."
News | December 2018 Disinfected handrails for customer satisfaction The start-up Uvis has now realised the first germ-free escalator in a shopping centre. The modern UV technology is intended to ensure care-free Christmas shopping in the Hamburg Phoenix Centre.
