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News | January 2017

Communication 4.0 in Mauerstetten

Mayr Antriebstechnik has celebrated the roofing ceremony for its new Communications Centre "mayr.com” in Mauerstetten.

News | January 2017

Avire appoints new technical director

Lift safety and communication specialist Avire has appointed Michael Stembridge as its new technical director. Stembridge will assume product development responsibility for the global Avire organisation.

News | January 2017

Electronic brake control – silent and safe

Contactor-less frequency inverters are now state-of-the-art technology in the elevator industry.

News | January 2017

Low investment – lots of energy saved

In lift shafts inside the thermal envelope warm air flows through the gaps of the landing doors into the shaft. Reinforced by the chimney effect, it escapes to the outside uncontrolled through the smoke vent opening. Considerable heat losses and high heating costs are the consequence.

News | January 2017

Flat belts for efficiency

Otis recently sold the 500,000th unit of the Gen2 model. The ropes used in conventional lifts have been replaced by flat belts here. This creates more travel comfort, greater reliability, more economic operation and increased energy efficiency.

News | January 2017

Success for Euro-Lift

The 4th Euro-Lift 2016, the international trade fair of the lift industry, took place in Kielce in central Poland. A total of 108 exhibitors presented their products to almost 2000 interested visitors.

News | January 2017

Honored with horizontal transportation solutions

ThyssenKrupp has been presented with the "Project of the Year” award by Elevator World, for its innovative iwalk moving walks installed at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Int. Airport in Madinah (Saudi Arabia).

News | January 2017

Everything under control: machine-to-machine networks

The desire for remote control and monitoring of machinery and systems is growing continually. There are many different reasons for this, such as increasing availability, cutting costs or expanding new service business models.

News | January 2017

Parking place at a dizzy height

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Communication 4.0 in Mauerstetten

Avire appoints new technical director

Electronic brake control – silent and safe

Low investment – lots of energy saved

Flat belts for efficiency

Success for Euro-Lift

Honored with horizontal transportation solutions

Everything under control: machine-to-machine networks

Parking place at a dizzy height