Photo: © Kone News | September 2026 Kone: two new members in the Board of Directors At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Kone on 3 June, Ranjan Sen and Bruno Schick were elected as new members of the Board of Directors.
Photo: © Dirk Müller, KI-assistiert / LIFTjournal News | September 2026 The concentration process in the European lift industry continues The consolidation process in the European lift industry is continuing: Alongside the Finnish-German mega-deal of Kone and TK Elevator, other cross-border takeovers and mergers have taken place in Europe. Here a selection of these.
Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | September 2026 Conversion package for Varidor 15 Mechanically fully compatible and completely without drilling: Langer + Laumann have added a new conversion package for the door drive system Varidor 15 from Schindler to their product range.
Photo: © Dirk Müller/KI-unterstützt/LIFTjournal News | September 2026 CANopen Lift specification updated The four-part CiA 417 application profile specification for lift control systems has been revised.
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News | July 2019 Thyssenkrupp Elevator France: New President Since May 1, 2019, Emmanuel Paris has been the new president of thyssenkrupp Elevator France. He succeeds Emmanuel Altmayer, president of thyssenkrupp Elevator France from February 2016 to April 2019.
News | July 2019 TranSys: facelift for the workhorse Kone now offers the TranSys with some 300 new design and technical options. This lift type is designed to carry a high payload of passengers or goods and as a bed lift.
News | July 2019 Thoughts on Asansör 2019 Istanbul Lift Exhibition The 16th Asansör – which took place from March 21st to 24th - proved a success. 28.868 professionals from 96 countries have visited the fair.
News | June 2019 Lift 4.0: Go on working as before? IoT, digitalisation, Lift 4.0 – catchwords that are still fairly abstract for many in the industry and which they are hesitant to get involved with.
News | June 2019 They elevated the lift safety industry SafeLine has for the last decade been a force in the lift safety industry. But how did it all begin? Read the story of how an unexpected meeting turned into a long-time partnership.
News | June 2019 GSelectronic expands sales team Kevin Stevens (33) will in future reinforce the team at GSelectronic around the managing director Dennis Schönweitz. He is intended to supplement the previous sales team with a focus on work in the office.
News | June 2019 Automated check of alarm push button A new SL6+ firmware allows automated check of alarm push buttons and communication paths.
News | June 2019 Standardization experts met in Frankfurt Following New Delhi, the VDMA in Frankfurt was this time the location of the plenary meeting of the ISO/TC178 "Lifts, escalators and moving walkways".
News | June 2019 Emergency phone: Standard-compliant re-equipment The transitional period will end on 31 December 2020: from then on, an effective two-way communication system must have been installed in the car, via which an emergency service is constantly available.
