Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 Orona acquires German SME A German lift company has once again been taken over – this time by the Spanish group Orona.
Photo: © Liwetec News | November 2025 Liwetec presents new user interface Liwetec has completely revamped the Elevator Portal and presented it with a new user interface that supports the planning, technical calculation, and configuration of elevators.
Photo: © Stefano Uslenghi Rocom Energie- und Kommunikationssysteme News | November 2025 Rocom’s smallest lift emergency call system Rocom unveiled a new lift emergency call system according to EN 81-28:2022 at the interlift. The “Helpy Supercompact” is the manufacturer’s smallest emergency call system and according to Rocom provides “a lot of performance in mini format.”
Photo: © Leitronic News | November 2025 5G meets sustainability The mobile communications technology 5G promises completely new vistas for the Internet of Things (IoT). Higher data rates, lower latencies and boosted capacity are expected to change entire sectors.
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News | April 2018 Mike Weber – authorised signatory at Weber Tec The junior member of the family company Weber Tec in Hamburg, Mike Weber, has been entrusted with the commercial power of attorney.
News | March 2018 QR code and app for support Meiller Aufzugtüren presented its new door drive concept MiDrive at the interlift 2017. These doors can be controlled with a QR code and app.
News | March 2018 The comeback of the hydraulic lift The hydraulic lift is an excellent choice for residential buildings - although they only represent some 24% of the market for residential applications.
News | March 2018 IoT for lifts: ETSI Smart M2M and the benefits Since 2017, SBS counts a representative of the lift sector within ETSI Smart M2M.
News | March 2018 New technical advisor at Remshagen GmbH Since mid of january 2018, Michael Kaiser has been supporting the customers of Remshagen in South Germany with all their water-related questions on hydraulic lifts.
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.