Photo: © Gartec News | June 2026 LEIA appoints new leadership for Personal Lift Group The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has appointed Andrew Harper, Group CEO of Gartec, as Chair of its Personal Lift Group (PLG).
Photo: © diego vito cervo/123RF.com News | June 2026 Kone expands its presence in northern Germany Kone’s acquisition spree continues. Through its subsidiary M.S. Aufzüge, the Finnish lift manufacturer has acquired a medium-sized company from the north of Germany.
Photo: © Ziehl-Abegg News | June 2026 Lift motor manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg mourns the loss of Uwe Ziehl Uwe Ziehl passed away on 6 June 2026 at the age of 79. He served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the technology group Ziehl-Abegg from 2005 to 2020.
Photo: © VFA-Interlift e.V. News | June 2026 Internationalization of standardization: A challenge for SMEs The publication of EN ISO 8100-1 and -2 represents the continuation of a development that has characterised lift standardisation for several years: the greater international harmonisation of technical codes.
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News | November 2018 Transformation of the stair lift sector With immediate effect, thyssenkrupp Elevator is equipping 120 customer advisors in nine countries with mixed reality technology and Microsoft HoloLens.
News | November 2018 Development Cooperation Kübler and Variotech The sensors manufacturer Kübler has been supplying for many years’ encoders to the elevator industry and agreed on development cooperation with Austrian Company Variotech, specialist for elevator electronics.
News | November 2018 Doors with extremely low impost heights Meiller Aufzugtüren GmbH presented a new product in its series of its modernisation solutions at the interlift 2017: the compact door series. This is distinguished by extremely low impost heights.
News | November 2018 Asansör Istanbul casts its shadow ahead The countdown has started: The 16th edition of International Asansör İstanbul exhibition will take place on March 21st to 24th. The event is expected to be attended by 400 exhibitors from 30 countries.
News | November 2018 New president of the Swiss Lift Association Patrick Hess was elected unanimously as new VSA president at the annual general meeting of the Association of Swiss Lift Companies (VSA).
News | November 2018 interlift: Unabated growth also in 2019 The current status of more than 300 registrations a year before the trade fair begins is a clear indication: as with all previous events the interlift will once again grow further.
News | November 2018 Digital platform connects people and machines Kone has introduced a new digital solution to make the buildings of the future possible: it connects people, buildings and machines. In future, it will be possible to connect all new Kone installations to this system.
News | November 2018 New series of limit and micro switches Giovenzana International B.V. is a reality with over 60 years of history. Today it is a point of reference for: handling system, automation, lift technology, Atex, maintenance and control of mobile users.
News | October 2018 Langer & Laumann has a new website The new website of Langer & Laumann Ing.-Büro GmbH is online: in honour of its 20th anniversary, the company has modernised its presence in the World Wide Web with a fresh new design.
