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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.

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Yaskawa christmas campaign: Help for helpers

Peter Walker new CEO at thyssenkrupp Elevator

Affordable lightweight construction in lift building

Digital platform for the German market

Recruiting fresh blood with a mouse

Gateway, the magic mirror: IoT application for lift cars

Wittur and LM Liftmaterial celebrate 50th anniversary

You can work better in a network…

Disinfected handrails for customer satisfaction