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Is TKE Europe set to be acquired by a private equity firm?

According to insiders, TK Elevator’s (TKE) European business is set to be sold off for the most part as part of the takeover of TKE by Kone, reported the Reuters news agency on 1 October. LIFTjournal has investigated the matter further and also asked corporate transactions expert Dr Lars Watermann for his assessment.

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.

News | December 2017

Innovative, customised shaft wiring system

Weidmüller presented customised solutions for the elevator and escalator industry at "interlift2017" in Augsburg.

News | December 2017

When the stairs were still an elevator

The escalator, which has transformed our cities and our lives, was born 125 years ago – it’s time to look back at the beginnings of the technology.

News | December 2017

Review of successful trade fair appearance

Langer & Laumann from Nordwalde was represented with a trade fair stand at interlift 2017. More and more regular Langer & Laumann customers came to the stand just to find out about the latest developments.

News | December 2017

VDI 2566 or DIN 4150 as basis for analysis?

Whether reference should be made to VDI 2566 or DIN 4150 as basis for evaluating the transmission of structure-borne sound/oscillations in buildings or not is normally decided in favour of DIN 4150 "Vibrations in buildings."

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Celebrating 125 years of the escalator

Standard-compliant and safe

Under the spotlight at the Wittur Cube

Lived sustainability

Innovative - intelligent - MiDrive

Innovative, customised shaft wiring system

When the stairs were still an elevator

Review of successful trade fair appearance

VDI 2566 or DIN 4150 as basis for analysis?