Photo: © tomas maly/tg services News | February 2026 LACS protocol offers the opportunity for an open standard The lift industry needs a common, open IP alarm protocol. The European Lift Association (ELA) has created an important basis for this.
Photo: © Nordic Lift Expo/Björn Delin News | February 2026 Nordic Lift Expo: 80 per cent already booked Applications from exhibitors to take part in the third Nordic Lift Expo have reached a new record, with 80 per cent of the exhibition space already booked nine months ahead of the event, according to the organisers of the Scandinavian expo.
Photo: © LEIA News | February 2026 LEIA appoints Laura Webb as new Managing Director The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has appointed Laura Webb as its new Managing Director.
Photo: © Elevator Forum News | February 2026 Elevator Forum 2026: Sustainable modernisation The Elevator Forum series of events will continue this year. The meetings take place every two years and, according to the participating companies, aim to position themselves as a ‘centre of excellence for the lift industry’.
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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.
News | February 2019 Railoc: the solution for temporary protective rooms Aleatec is expanding its portfolio: apart from the enev-kit lift shaft smoke extraction system, the company is now marketing the electric protective room catch.
News | January 2019 HelpyGSM and LiftTelefoon GSM-9000 are all-in-one SafeSolutions GmbH wants to simplify things for its customers, "This is why we’ve created an emergency call telephone, mounted as a complete unit on the car roof."
News | January 2019 Linear measurement system for safe shaft copying Inspired by "everything under one roof", Kübler came up with the idea of marketing a new measurement system for safe, absolute shaft copying, together with its portfolio of encoders and bearingless encoders.
