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‘Modernisation, service and digitalisation are our growth drivers’

Alexander Vitt has been Managing Director of the DACH region at Kone since May 2024. In an interview with LIFTjournal, he talked about strategic priorities, the challenges in the new construction market, the role of digitalisation – and why Kone was focusing on partnerships and platform solutions in the long term.

News | May 2017

Yaskawa among “Top 100 Global Innovators”

Founded in 1915, Yaskawa Electric is one of the pioneers in the fields of drive technology, industry automation and robotics.

News | May 2017

Starting shot for the Schindler campus

Schindler Germany is going to expand its company headquarters in Berlin in the next few years. The starting signal for the project was given in the presence of the district mayor, Angelika Schöttler.

News | April 2017

New managing director of KEB Automation KG

KEB has shaken things up in the drive and automation industry with a new face. Curt Bauer has been in charge as the new managing director since the beginning of the year.

News | April 2017

Unswerving precision

There is a new Kübler inclinometer on the market.

News | April 2017

Schmersal: New top manager for Asia

Schmersal Group has named Uwe Seeger as Director Asia-Pacific-Middle EAST (APME).

News | April 2017

Small expense – big effect

Whether cranes, centrifuges or lifts: where a braking resistor is replaced and the excess energy generated is to be fed back into the grid, the R1000 Yaskawa regenerative unit is an especially efficient solution.

News | April 2017

Kone Germany with new top management

Kone Germany has new management: Erik Kahlert became the chairman of the board of management on 1 March 2017 of Kone GmbH with its headquarters in Hanover.

News | April 2017

Reliable solar mobility round the clock

In Norderstedt Adlerhorst Baugenossenschaft eG has created an attractive residential facility in green surroundings in the form of "Quartier 452."

News | April 2017

Finding the right candidate

One of the most critical aspects of growing any business is employing the right people. Get it right and your business’s growth is likely to continue or accelerate.

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‘Modernisation, service and digitalisation are our growth drivers’

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Yaskawa among “Top 100 Global Innovators”

Starting shot for the Schindler campus

New managing director of KEB Automation KG

Unswerving precision

Schmersal: New top manager for Asia

Small expense – big effect

Kone Germany with new top management

Reliable solar mobility round the clock

Finding the right candidate