Photo: © makslab/123RF.com News | January 2026 Schindler Switzerland acquires Swiss SME Schindler subsidiary AS Aufzüge has acquired a Swiss lift company.
Photo: © Pace Group, Konstantin32/123RF.com News | January 2026 Further acquisitions by the Pace Group The British Pace Holding announced another acquisition. Exel Elevator, The Lift Company and D.J. Lift Services are now part of the group of medium-sized lift companies. Further acquisitions are to follow.
Photo: © A.S.T. Aufzüge & Service Thieme Silex GmbH News | January 2026 A.S.T. Aufzüge & Service Thieme Silex becomes new member of AVD Shortly before Christmas, Schindler Germany announced another acquisition. Since 1 January 2026, a lift manufacturer from Saxony has been part of the German Lift Association (AVD).
Photo: © Schindler Deutschland News | January 2026 Why are more and more medium-sized companies selling their business? In Germany, there is currently a rise in the number of medium-sized lift manufacturers being taken over by large corporations. Are medium-sized companies under acute threat? What are the reasons? Why are such high sums being paid?
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News | July 2018 Guide to application of Lifts Directive published The guide to the application of the Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU was recently published. However, to date it is only available in English.
News | July 2018 Partners on the way up for 20 years This year, Langer & Laumann Ing.-Büro GmbH, based in Nordwald (Germany), is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
News | July 2018 High speed Test Tower in China Thyssenkrupp has opened a test tower in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China. At the opening ceremony, the test tower stole the show.
News | July 2018 Red-glowing giant at night The biggest free-standing escalator at the former coal mine ‘Zeche Zollverein’ in Essen is not only beautiful, but also very popular: every year, it transports over 600,000 visitors on the world cultural heritage site.
News | July 2018 Tetsuya Horimoto named new managing director To better cover the Japanese market, the Schmersal Group has established an independent subsidiary in Japan. Tetsuya Horimoto has been named managing director of the new Schmersal Japan KK.
News | July 2018 New modules and changes in the Elevator Portal With the Elevator Portal of the Liwitec GmbH it is now possible also to calculate the bending drill buckling of the guide rails using the FEM.
News | June 2018 No more false SOS Calls The Digicom company presents their first lift camera. Based on customers’ reports, in 10% of SOS calls nobody answers to the operator.
News | June 2018 Invertek Drives: Strengthening the US team Invertek Drives, has announced it is strengthening its presence in North America with a new US headquarters near Chicago.
News | June 2018 Multi-talents for service and modernisation Schaefer has supplemented four switch and display styles with new versions. The elements referred to by the brief, inconspicuous name affix "MOD" are genuine multi-talents.
