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‘Modernisation, service and digitalisation are our growth drivers’

Alexander Vitt has been Managing Director of the DACH region at Kone since May 2024. In an interview with LIFTjournal, he talked about strategic priorities, the challenges in the new construction market, the role of digitalisation – and why Kone was focusing on partnerships and platform solutions in the long term.

News | March 2018

Digital mobility in Frankfurt’s Omniturm

Schindler is equipping the Omniturm in Frankfurt with high-performance lifts and the intelligent transit management system PORT.

News | March 2018

Kübler opens Engineering Solution Centre in Berlin

Kübler Group has established an Engineering Solution Center in Berlin. The new team is managed by Bernhard Hiller, an experienced engineering manager with more than 20 years of experience in the encoder business.

Photo: © William Mitchell

News | March 2018

Kiss me, Pharaoh: Harrod’s Egyptian escalators

The ancient Egyptians move people to this day. Egyptomania was the name of the phenomenon that in the 1990s also took possession of Harrod's in London.

News | March 2018

IEE Expo 2018: A successful step upwards

With a growth expectancy of over 50 percent in the next four years, the Indian elevator and escalator sector is scaling high making India one of the biggest markets for this industry.

News | March 2018

Osma has the "best jobs with a future"

SME lift manufacturer Osma is according to a study of the magazine Focus Money and Professor Werner Sarges of the Institute for Management Diagnostics in Barnitz one of the leading major employers in Germany.

News | March 2018

No more space problems - inside and outside the car

A newly-developed complete lift, which Riedl Quantum will be presenting at the 2017 interlift, increases the usable area in the car by up to 55% in relation to the basic shaft area.

News | February 2018

New Sales Director for Kübler

Germany, Austria and Switzerland are strong and important markets for the Kübler Group, a global market leader in the areas of position and motion sensors (encoders), slip rings, counters and process devices.

News | February 2018

App for repairs

Good news for property owners, facility managers and caretakers with regard to repairs: following a pilot project, Otis is introducing an app for repair services with an integrated mobile spare parts catalogue.

News | February 2018

Emergency calls for high-rise lifts

As a specialist for lift emergency calls, Telegärtner Elektronik does not just deal with equipping standard lifts for the customary conveyance heights of approximately 30 m as individual lifts or lift groups.

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Digital mobility in Frankfurt’s Omniturm

Kübler opens Engineering Solution Centre in Berlin

Kiss me, Pharaoh: Harrod’s Egyptian escalators

IEE Expo 2018: A successful step upwards

Osma has the "best jobs with a future"

No more space problems - inside and outside the car

New Sales Director for Kübler

App for repairs

Emergency calls for high-rise lifts