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News | August 2025

Florence Bigé elected president

Florence Bigé is on a roll: since the end of September 2024 she has been in charge of TK Elevator France. This made her the first woman in France to hold the position of president of a manufacturer in this sector, according to a company press release.

Photo: © Kleemann

News | August 2025

“The first virtual world of lifts”

Kleemann is introducing AI Lifts, a concept powered by artificial intelligence, which presents a virtual world of lifts.

Photo: © Wittur

News | August 2025

New CFO of the Wittur Group

Markus Schürholz has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Wittur Group with effect from 1 April 2025.

Photo: © BGHM / D. Benecke

News | August 2025

Safe material transport with stair climbers

Electrically-powered stair climbers simplify transporting heavy and bulky goods via stairs. They can reduce the burden on employees and the risk of accidents. But only if the equipment is properly handled.

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News | August 2025

David Cooper CIBSE President Elect

David Cooper is CIBSE President Elect of the “Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers” (CIBSE) for the 2025/26 term.

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News | August 2025

New modules for more efficient accounting

Together with the current update of the ESERP product line to version 3.1, es2000 Errichter Software GmbH is providing specialist lift building companies with two new modules related to accounting for the ERP system.

Photo: © Pepperl+Fuchs SE

News | August 2025

New management duo at Pepperl+Fuchs

On 1 May 2025, Dr Wilhelm Nehring took on the role of chairman of the management board at Pepperl+Fuchs SE; Martin Walter is the new finance director.

News | August 2025

New transport solution for bicycles in residential buildings

Osma has launched the “oBike Riser”. The idea behind the new product is to provide more flexibility and safety when transporting bicycles in residential buildings.

News | August 2025

Co-CEO at DigiPara since April

Andrés G Damjanov has been supporting the management of DigiPara as Co-CEO since 1 April 2025. The company is a software producer specialised in Building Information Modeling (BIM) for lifts and escalators. This was revealed by the investor BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital.

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Florence Bigé elected president

“The first virtual world of lifts”

New CFO of the Wittur Group

Safe material transport with stair climbers

David Cooper CIBSE President Elect

New modules for more efficient accounting

New management duo at Pepperl+Fuchs

New transport solution for bicycles in residential buildings

Co-CEO at DigiPara since April