Photo: © Langer + Laumann News | July 2026 New CEO at the Langer + Laumann Group The Langer + Laumann Group has a new CEO. The former managing director, Martin Platt, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 1 December 2025 at the age of 58.
Photo: © Bunse-Aufzüge News | July 2026 The Machinery Regulation: Call for Action! As the date of application for the regulation as of 20 January 2027 is approaching, manufacturers and all other stakeholders need to be prepared urgently to comply with the new and revised requirements in a timely fashion.
Photo: © KLST News | July 2026 Three questions to ... Markus Labruier Markus Labruier (54) has been the managing director of Detlef Klinkhammer Steuerungen und Komponente für Aufzüge (KLST) since 1 October 2025. Mition GmbH Mittelstandsbeteiligungen took over the company at the beginning of 2025.
Photo: © LIFTjournal/Dirk Müller/KI-assistiert mit Firefly und ChatGPT News | July 2026 A wedding with strings attached The announcement of Kone’s takeover of TK Elevator has sent shockwaves through the industry. Suddenly, there is talk of a new mega-conglomerate, a potential shift in power within the service sector, and the fact that the wave of consolidation has now reached the Big Four themselves.
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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.
News | January 2019 Lift Group Kone is top employer For the second time in a row, Kone has been honoured by Forbes Business Magazine as one of the best employers in the world.
News | January 2019 New member of EFESME The Bulgarian Association of Lift Manufacturers (BALM) is a new member of EFESME.
News | January 2019 Innovative robotic system for elevators Schindler has announced the debut of its breakthrough Robotics Installation System for Elevators (R.I.S.E), with which it hopes to pave the way for greater automation and digitalization in the lift industry.
News | January 2019 Riedl Quantum: Complete lift into serial production The newly developed complete QUANT lift developed by Riedl Quantum can now be ordered from its designers after presentation of the prototype at the interlift 2017.
News | January 2019 EFESME: General Assembly and Lift Forum The last EFESME General Assembly and Board of Directors and the SBS Lift Forum on Digitalisation were held on the 18th of December 2018, at the SBS premises in Brussels.
News | January 2019 Lift 4.0 – opportunity and threat for SMEs The Internet of Things (IoT) also applies to the lift. Initial solutions for predictive maintenance are becoming established on the market.
