Photo: © tomas maly/tg services News | February 2026 LACS protocol offers the opportunity for an open standard The lift industry needs a common, open IP alarm protocol. The European Lift Association (ELA) has created an important basis for this.
Photo: © Nordic Lift Expo/Björn Delin News | February 2026 Nordic Lift Expo: 80 per cent already booked Applications from exhibitors to take part in the third Nordic Lift Expo have reached a new record, with 80 per cent of the exhibition space already booked nine months ahead of the event, according to the organisers of the Scandinavian expo.
Photo: © LEIA News | February 2026 LEIA appoints Laura Webb as new Managing Director The Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) has appointed Laura Webb as its new Managing Director.
Photo: © Elevator Forum News | February 2026 Elevator Forum 2026: Sustainable modernisation The Elevator Forum series of events will continue this year. The meetings take place every two years and, according to the participating companies, aim to position themselves as a ‘centre of excellence for the lift industry’.
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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.
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.
