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 | January 2018 Great performance in a small space Ziehl-Abegg has developed a new frequency converter, which permits the construction of space-saving switch cabinets for lifts.
News | January 2018 Easier mounting of lift ropes End-customers continue to expect more and more from the lift industry. It is not just a question of standards and guidelines, such as the Operational Safety Ordinance, having to be observed.
News | January 2018 Celebrating 125 years of the escalator The world’s first escalator was put into operation on January 16th, 1893 in New York – as a so-called “incline elevator”. The escalator’s 125th birthday is a great occasion for thyssenkrupp to celebrate.
News | January 2018 Standard-compliant and safe Wieland Electric offers a wide range of products and solutions for elevator shafts and control cabinets in the field of lift and elevator technology.
News | January 2018 Under the spotlight at the Wittur Cube The Wittur Group was among the key participants at the 2017 edition of Interlift, the world’s leading trade fair in the elevator industry, which gathered together a new record of 574 exhibitors from 48 countries.
News | January 2018 Lived sustainability The lift industry is facing new challenges from the increasingly rapid pace of technical change. This is increasingly the case in relation to emergency call systems and their special fail-safe requirements.
News | January 2018 Innovative - intelligent - MiDrive Can a lift door be intelligent? The Munich lift door specialist Meiller tackled this question at this year’s interlift – and presented the door drive concept of the future.
News | December 2017 Innovative, customised shaft wiring system Weidmüller presented customised solutions for the elevator and escalator industry at "interlift2017" in Augsburg.
News | December 2017 When the stairs were still an elevator The escalator, which has transformed our cities and our lives, was born 125 years ago – it’s time to look back at the beginnings of the technology.
