Photo: © Verlagsanstalt Handwerk GmbH News | September 2026 Three questions for ... Knut Giesler The announcement that the Finnish lift group Kone would take over its German competitor TK Elevator (TK) also caught Knut Giesler flat-footed.
Photo: © Metron News | September 2026 Metron introduces new automatic landing door Metron has further developed the automatic landing door Uranos 2.0. It is intended to achieve greater installation accuracy, improved operational performance, and an overall upgraded user experience, the international lift manufacturer based in Greece declared.
Photo: © Verlagsanstalt Handwerk GmbH News | September 2026 Easing the burden for the boss of Motum Jonas Granzell has been the Chief Operating Officer of the Motum Group since April. As COO, he is to cooperate closely with the lift company’s management team and concentrate on business development, customer relationships and Motum’s further development in Sweden.
Photo: © FEEDA News | September 2026 Spanish elevator industry before an ambitious transformation José Carlos Frechilla Fernández, director of the Spanish Elevator Association, Federacion Empresarial Espanola de Ascensores (FEEDA), wrote an article for LIFTjournal that provides interesting insights into the Spanish market.
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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.
News | June 2019 Langer & Laumann: Two changes in personnel Another managing director and a new sales employee: Langer & Laumann has reported two changes in personnel.
News | June 2019 Tips for the interlift 2019! Joachim Kalsdorf has been the trade fair’s project manager since it started, 28 years ago. The 59-year old gave tips for exhibitors and talked about the new features in an interview with LIFTjournal.
News | June 2019 thyssenkrupp to acquire Nashville Machine Elevator thyssenkrupp Elevator has acquired the Elevator division of Nashville Machine Company.
