Photo: © WARR News | November 2025 Students “clamber” to the stars A lift into space? Students of the TU Munich are conducting research into such a space lift. They regularly take part in competitions with their “Climber”.
Photo: © Dirkmüller/LIFTjournal/KI-generiert News | November 2025 More efficiency and fully digital processes: ERP systems for lift builders Reams of paper, elaborate processes and interface problems are among the biggest drags on efficiency in companies. This is precisely where modern ERP systems come in.
Photo: © privat News | November 2025 Reinforcement for Safeline Danny Krüger joined Safeline as a Technical Sales Engineer in July 2025. The 30-year-old will be strengthening the technical support team across the German-speaking region and the sales team in northern Germany.
Photo: © Orona News | November 2025 The elevator as a new ally for building energy efficiency In today’s sustainable construction paradigm, a new player is quietly gaining relevance: the elevator.
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News | December 2017 A matching solution for every door Usually, what brings lifts to a standstill is something simple. Since the car door is the most moved component of a lift, the source of trouble is most commonly found here.
News | November 2017 Connected Services boost availability of lifts Digitalisation has long since also taken hold in the lift industry. For example, last year Kone and IBM launched an alliance to develop new services and products.
News | November 2017 Frameless Luminous Panels – made to fit Available on the market just for a couple of months, the new hansen Frameless Luminous Panel has already become a very popular product in various areas of application.
News | November 2017 Elfin: Digital innovations Elfin GmbH, which provides development services for networking electronic components, has been offering its own products for two years as well in the form of the flexyPage displays.
News | November 2017 Energy efficiency – good or only well-meant? Do you think you are contributing to environmental protection by buying a new car? We improve the CO₂ balance sheet only after 300,000 kilometres.
News | November 2017 Lift inverter for the buildings of tomorrow Gefran will be presenting three high performance drive solutions for lifts and escalators at interlift 2017 in the form of the inverters ADL300, VDL200 and AVRy.
News | November 2017 The interlift continues to grow There seems to be only one direction for the interlift – upwards. The leading trade fair of the elevator industry presents a new visitors record.
News | November 2017 “Smart Ki is the premium security version of Kiwi” The lift company Schindler Germany and Berlin prop-tech company KIWI have entered into a strategic cooperation project and have unveiled a digital key safe in the form of the Schindler Smart Ki.
News | November 2017 DIN EN 16763: Effects on smoke and heat extraction Fire safety systems have been the subject of European standards for years.