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News | May 2017

A lift to New Zealand

Lifts are fascinating – especially for children. Lots of buttons, new people, new perspectives. In the children’s book "The flying lift" the lift magic ends in a trip round the world.

News | May 2017

Giovenzana means safety

Since more than 60 years Giovenzana is worldwide well known in safety for lifts and handling systems.

News | May 2017

Symposium: The new and the tried-and-tested

The Schwelm Symposium in June, the long-standing lecture event of the lift industry, now also has the LIFTjournal as a new media partner.

News | May 2017

Moving story (-ies) from Valparaíso

It clatters and creaks, shakes and grinds. Older passengers sit on a bench in the shaking car while next to them others stand closely packed.

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).

TKE inaugurates its “Product Competence Center”

EN 81-76: The practical application of the new standard

Aribelt 30 F3.4: The "lightest TÜV-certified flat belt"

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A lift to New Zealand

Giovenzana means safety

Symposium: The new and the tried-and-tested

Moving story (-ies) from Valparaíso

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