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News | January 2018

New managing director at LiftEquip

Patrick Schoch is the new managing director at LiftEquip. With the support of the team, he will continue to lead and develop LiftEquip GmbH as a reliable partner.

News | January 2018

When lifts go online

The new Otis eView car display combines a visual emergency call system with digital blackboard.

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.

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New managing director at LiftEquip

When lifts go online

Great performance in a small space

Easier mounting of lift ropes

Celebrating 125 years of the escalator

Standard-compliant and safe

Under the spotlight at the Wittur Cube

Lived sustainability

Innovative - intelligent - MiDrive