Photo: © W+W Aufzugkomponenten News | March 2026 Duty to maintain public safety in lift building Working on lifts – whether new construction, modernisation, repair or service – can be dangerous.
Photo: © Fain-Gruppe/Dermot Byrne News | March 2026 Spanish company declares itself market leader in Ireland Fain Ascensores has taken over the Irish lift builder Accel. As a result, the Spanish company is responsible for over 8,500 lifts on the Emerald Isle and according to its own information had “for the first time assumed market leadership in a country outside of Spain in the company’s history.”
Photo: © Doppler News | March 2026 This lift carries the stairs with it Doppler presented a new product category at interlift with ‘Elevante’. It combines a home lift with a staircase. The Greek lift manufacturer is targeting owners of single-family homes in north-western Europe as potential customers.
Photo: © VDMA News | March 2026 Three questions to ... Robert Hild It is admittedly somewhat longer than the famous 100 days in office, but Robert Hild is still fairly new to the lift sector. We took the opportunity and posed our familiar three questions to the managing director of the VDMA – Trade Association Lifts and Escalators.
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Photo: © esse-ti / okapidesign / frei verfügbar gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | July 2025 Innovalift Group growing esse-ti, an Italian manufacturer of emergency call systems for lifts, has taken over Syntium Lift Parts. The English company provides components for communication in lifts.
Photo: © Mayr Antriebstechnik News | July 2025 Mayr Antriebstechnik with Spanish branch Mayr Antriebstechnik has taken over EME Motor 2008, S.L. completely. As a result, the Bavarian producer of safety brakes, safety couplings and shaft couplings now has Mayr Antriebstechnik has its own subsidiary in Spain.
Photo: © Donati Deutschland GmbH News | July 2025 Change of management at Donati Daniel Lange has been the new registered managing director of Donati Deutschland GmbH since the beginning of March.
Photo: © okapidesign / frei verfügbar gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz News | July 2025 The reality no one wants to acknowledge How distorted perceptions in management and "managed ignorance" block the potential of SMEs - and how we can expose this.
Photo: © Kübler News | July 2025 65 years Kübler Group: from one-man show to global player This year, the Kübler Group will be celebrating its 65th anniversary – a special anniversary for a company that began as a one-man show in Schwenningen.
Photo: © Langer & Laumann News | July 2025 New Metron LTx A1-V2 conversion package now available The Metron LTx A1-V2 has now been added to the list of Langer & Laumann conversion packages.
Photo: © Schindler News | July 2025 Simmen succeeds Hess at Schindler Franz-Xaver Simmen is the new CEO of Schindler Aufzüge AG. He took charge of the Swiss national company on 1 April 2025 from Patrick Hess.
Photo: © Cibes Lift Deutschland News | July 2025 Reorientation of distribution and service structure Hiro Lift took over the direct distribution and service of Cibes in South Germany on 1 June. The longstanding partner is to concentrate on the north and train distribution partners nationally.
Photo: © Telegärtner Elektronik News | July 2025 Two-sense lift emergency call now standard Barrier-freedom in lift emergency calls is now standard at Telegärtner Elektronik. With immediate effect, VNS visual two-sense emergency calling has been integrated as standard in the NRT1XT emergency call telephone.
