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News | May 2019

Emergency call and monitoring – made easy

Safesolutions GmbH is now offering an emergency call device that keeps an eye on the lift in the background.

News | May 2019

New old CiA board-of-directors

On the annual CiA General Assembly, the members re-elected the three members of the board: Uwe Koppe (Technical Director), Christian Schlegel (Business Director), and Holger Zeltwanger (Managing Director).

News | May 2019

Lift modernisation without roof superstructure

The Schindler 6300 replacement lift does not need any roof superstructure. Thanks to its space-saving components, a machine room is superfluous as well.

News | May 2019

New managing director at Otis

Otis Germany has appointed Andreas Gruß (48) General Sales Director. In his new position, Gruß will be in charge of operating the entire sales business of the company in Germany.

News | May 2019

New online service centre for the interlift

Exhibitors at the interlift can now conveniently assemble the services related to their trade fair participation via a new online system.

News | May 2019

IoT Sensors for lift applications

Digicom has started to integrate in her Dialers a series of sensors that can immediately bring, on all systems, the advantages of a remote control.

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.

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Emergency call and monitoring – made easy

New old CiA board-of-directors

Lift modernisation without roof superstructure

New managing director at Otis

New online service centre for the interlift

IoT Sensors for lift applications

Volker Trein strengthens sales team of Bernstein AG

Roller guides were and are important!

Updated standard enhances barrier-freedom in lifts