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News | March 2026

Spanish company declares itself market leader in Ireland

Fain Ascensores has taken over the Irish lift builder Accel. As a result, the Spanish company is responsible for over 8,500 lifts on the Emerald Isle and according to its own information had “for the first time assumed market leadership in a country outside of Spain in the company’s history.”

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Photo: © Doppler

News | March 2026

This lift carries the stairs with it

Doppler presented a new product category at interlift with ‘Elevante’. It combines a home lift with a staircase. The Greek lift manufacturer is targeting owners of single-family homes in north-western Europe as potential customers.

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Photo: © VDMA

News | March 2026

Three questions to ... Robert Hild

It is admittedly somewhat longer than the famous 100 days in office, but Robert Hild is still fairly new to the lift sector. We took the opportunity and posed our familiar three questions to the managing director of the VDMA – Trade Association Lifts and Escalators.

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Photo: © KI-generiert gem. Adobe Firefly-Lizenz

News | March 2026

Light at the end of the tunnel

If there are fewer new buildings, fewer new lifts are required. This is why the question occupying all of the players in the lift sector is: what’s next for the construction industry in Germany?

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News | July 2025

A new face at interlift

He currently works alongside Joachim Kalsdorf, but in 2027 Michael Löffler will take sole responsibility for interlift. LIFTjournal asked him about his plans.

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News | July 2025

Three questions for ... Ulrich Brumm

At the beginning of April, Ulrich Brumm was newly elected to the board of the Association for Elevator Technology (VFA-Interlift) at its general meeting. We asekd the 56-year-old managing director of Orba-Lift Aufzugsdienst our three questions.

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Photo: © Motum

News | July 2025

Motum expanding on the Emerald Isle

Ascension Lifts now belongs to Motum. This is the group’s first takeover outside of Scandinavia. The purchase in Ireland was an important milestone in its European expansion strategy.

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Photo: © Architekturbüro Schomaker & Henschel

News | July 2025

Röchling Industrial launches 17 million euro construction project

The plastics engineering company Röchling Industrial is investing more than 17 million euros in expanding its Xanten location in North Rhine Westphalia.

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Photo: © Cobianchi

News | July 2025

Change of management at Cobianchi

Dr Stephan Rohr took over the operational management of Cobianchi Liftteile at the turn of the year and now also holds a majority share in the company of Rudolf Ramseier.

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Photo: © VFA-Interlift

News | July 2025

Obituary for Stephan Kretzschmar

It is with deep sadness that VFA-Interlift bids farewell to Stephan Kretzschmar, who died in a tragic plane crash on 5 July 2025, together with his 33-year-old son and his son's partner.

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Photo: © Ascendor GmbH

News | July 2025

Successful type examination certificate

The shaftless vertical lifts UnaPorte and DuraPorte of the Austrian manufacturer Ascendor recently received their type examination certificates and as a result can be deployed in the private sphere for lift heights of up to four metres.

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Photo: © Offner.tech

News | June 2025

New managing director at Offner.tech

Dr Martina Schwaiger has been the new managing director of Offner.tech GmbH since 1 March 2025, which is an inspection company for lifts, escalators, work equipment and technical installations in Austria.

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News | June 2025

Ascenco Group acquires “Hiss-Craft i Norrland”

The Ascenco Group (“Ascenco”) took over the after-market company “Hiss-Craft i Norrland” (Hiss-Craft) in Northern Sweden at the beginning of February.

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