Photo: © Daniel Nyman/Ascenco Group News | January 2026 Ascenco Group expands to Norway Ascenco Group AB (“Ascenco”) expanded its presence to Oslo, Norway by taking over Heiskompaniet AS (“Heiskompaniet”).
Photo: © KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz / okapidesign / LIFTjournal News | January 2026 Kone acquires companies in the Munich area ATH Aufzüge GmbH, a subsidiary of Kone headquartered in Heilbronn with a branch in Munich, acquired the elevator businesses of two medium-sized elevator companies on January 1, 2026.
Photo: © EdmoLift News | January 2026 The EN 1570 series is expanding EN 1570-1, Safety requirements for lifting tables – Part 1: Lifting tables serving up to two fixed landings has already been available since 1998. It has undergone continuous further development over the course of time.
Photo: © makslab/123RF.com News | January 2026 Schindler Switzerland acquires Swiss SME Schindler subsidiary AS Aufzüge has acquired a Swiss lift company.
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News | April 2018 Entrepreneur looking for successor In recent years, many SME companies have been sold and achieved top prices. Matthias Ehnert knows the background and answers our questions.
News | April 2018 Launch of Schaefer Webshop Operating and display elements from Schaefer are used worldwide and are distinguished by their diversity, high quality and attractive design.
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.
